Commelyna'ceæ, an order of petaloid monocotyledons, all herbaceous, chiefly neotropical, of which a few species are cultivated in herbaceous borders on account of the beauty of their flowers, notably spiderwort, or Tradescantia (Virginica, and other species), Commelyna cœlestis, &c. Others are grown in hothouses, notably the peculiar Cochliostemma.
Commelyna'ceæ
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 380
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