PICKEREL WEED FAMILY. 431 
Commelina hirtella Vahl, Enum. 2:166. 1806. HirTELLOUS COMMELINA. 
Commelina longifolia Michx. F], Bor, Am. 1:28. 1803, 
C. erecta Gray, Man. ed. 5,546. 1867. Not L. 
EM. S8k.1:49. Gray, Man. ed, 6,538. Chap. FI. 498. 
MEXICO, BRAZIL, PERU. 
Carolinian area. Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Florida; Ohio Valley west to 
Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp banks. Lee County, Auburn 
(Baker & Earle). Cullman and Mobile counties. August; not frequent, Perennial, 
Type locality: “Hab. in umbrosis sylvarum Virginiae et Carolinae, Richard.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
TRADESCANTIA L. Sp. P1.1: 288. 1753,! 
Thirty-two species, perennials, temperate and tropical America, North America 
about 12, 
Tradescantia reflexa Raf. New I'l. pt.2, 87. 1836. COMMON SPIDERWORT. 
Tradescantia canaliculata Raf. Atl. Journ, 150, 1832. ? 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Wisconsin (Lapham) and Minnesota; South 
Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, Indian Territory, and Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain, Metamorphic hills, Shaded copses, 
grassy banks in light loamy soil. Lee County, Auburn (Earle § Underwood). 
Mobile County. Abundant in cultivated and abandoned ground and on waysides. 
Flowers cerulean blue, anthers golden-yellow. Maren, April. Fruit ripe in May 
and June. Common. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb, Mohr. 
Tradescantia hirsuticaulis Small, ull. Torr. Club, 24: 233. 1897. 
HIRSUTE- STEMMED SPIDERWORT. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida to western Louisiana (Carpenter). 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region, Coast plain. Open dry hillsides, in sandy soil. 
Montgomery and Mobile counties. April to June; not frequent. 
Type locality: “Sandy places, Georgia to Florida; occurs at 400 meters on Stone 
Mountain.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Tradescantia montana Shuittl.; Britt. & Brown, Ill. F1.1:377. 1896. 
MOUNTAIN SPIDERWORT. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic and Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County (h. 4. Smith). Lee 
County, Auburn (2aker §: Earle). Flowers May; rare. 
Type locality (Small): North Carolina, Rugel, 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
PONTEDERIACEAE. Pickerel Weed Family. 
PONTEDERIA L.Sp. P1.1:288, 1755. 
Twenty-three species, warmer regions, mostly American, North America, 1. 
Pontederia cordata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 288. 1753. WAMPEE PICKEREL-WEED. 
EM. S8k.1:382. Gray, Man. ed.6,536. Chap. F1.496. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 
2:441. 
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA TO ARGENTINA, 
Canadian zone to Lonisianian area, Nova Scotia and Ontario to Saskatchewan ; 
throughout the Eastern United States and west to Arkansas and eastern Texas, 
ALABAMA: Over the State, Ponds, marshes, and borders of streams. Mobile 
County. April to July; common. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginiae aquosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
£ 
! John K. Small, Tradescantia in the Southern States, Bull. Torr. Club, vol. 24, pp. 
228 to 236, 1897. 
