... CALLISIA . Callisia , Linn . in Loefl . Itin . p . 305 , et Gen. Plant . n . 63 ; Benth . et Hook . Gen. Plant . iii . p . 854 . Four herbaceous species restricted to Tropical America , and ranging from Mexico and the West Indies to ...
Frederick Du Cane Godman, Osbert Salvin. 6. CALLISIA . Callisia , Linn . in Loefl . Itin . p . 305 , et Gen. Plant . n . 63 ; Benth . et Hook . Gen. Plant . iii . p . 854 . Four herbaceous species restricted to Tropical America , and ...
... Callisia Loefling Commelinaceae From the Greek kallos 'beauty', see Species Plantarum 1: 40–42. 1753, Iter Hispanicum 305. 1758, Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1: 62. 1762, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des plantes 8 ...
... CALLISIA Loefl. - Commelinaceae Callisia elegans Alexander ex H. E. Moore = Callisia gentlei Matuda var. elegans (Alexander ex H. E. Moore) D. R. Hunt Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson CN: Dan.: saxofon; Swed.: löparnisse ECON: Environ ...
... CALLISIA REPENS L. Shaded situations , St. Thomas ; St. Jan ; St. Croix . CALLISIA MONANDRA ( Sw . ) Schult . [ Tradescantia monandra Sw .; Callisia umbellulata Lam . ] Among shaded rocks , Signal Hill , St. Thomas ( according to Eggers ) ...
... [callisia] has been much the same as yours. It is a sand hill plant, and does not seem to be happy in any other location. I believe one of our troubles was poor drainage. We are trying it now in a somewhat drier spot in a bed of almost ...