262 COMMELINACEAE 
—Sandy woods, rocky hills, and fields, Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. 
to Tex., Ark., and Ga. Spr. 
T. pov e s single, or branched at the base, the branches 
n up to 6 dm. tall, times branched above, finely glandular-pubescent 
and often with additional Tusc. glandless hairs: leaves elongate, the lower ones 
nea uate, pu 
in a elust 
elliptic- MER 9-10 long, done bre often magenta-mar- 
gined: pet s blue t T violet, 1.3-2 cm. long, broadly ovate to HE ud -ovate: 
capsule elipso id, long, finely PRORA pubescent: seed 3 . long. 
[T. roseolens ae pinelands, and oak-woods, pen. Fla — AIL year. 
8. T. a J. G. C. Stem up to l m. tall, usually simple, but often 
Hips Pup or elongate o stalks from the axils of some of the upper leaves, 
rarely branched, frequently zigzag, p A or villous, often gregarious: 
pee rather approximate and distichous or d er P ; blades lanceo- 
: s to linear- t olate, or rarely elongate: flowers typieally numerous, some- 
es very numerous: sepals uio did E elliptic. d mostly 6-8 mm 
pu hairy all over: corolla 3-3.5 em : eapsule oval, about o mm. long, 
ones pue on ii d pe fully 9. 5 mm . long. [7. m sie ae 
a Sm oods, ous e ces, N Fla. to La., Mo., Ohio, 
a Va ot wide | distribution n, Bud va nd in size and habit The "broad- 
e ms are very E ud with na times elon ngate leaves 
resemble ne of T. reflex , but y be distinguished os that species by 
the pubescent sepals. Thr ee va SO re a range there is much variation in 
the color of the corolla which varies from deep-violet through pale-violet shades 
to white 
9. T. fluminensis Vell. Stem and branches widely spreading, up to 1 m. long, 
ius leaf-blades ovate, oval or elliptic, 3-9 cm. long, acute, or Dd 
il 
acuminate, the sheaths ae ciliate: flowers ee in a cluster: ae e, abou 
6 mm. long, with a finely pubescent median keel: corolla white, eru mm 
wide: capsule subglobose, abou mm. long: seed scarcely 1.5 mm. long.— 
(WANDERING-JEW.)—Sandy woods and waste-places, Coastal Plain, Fla. to N. 
C. Nat. of S. A. and cult. 
4. RHOEO Hance. Herbs with erect 
or ascending stiff leaves, crowde n 
a stout caudex which is a branch of 
a fleshy sto blades contracted 
above the doe base. Cyme congested, 
borne in an involucre of imbricate boat- 
like ps s. Petals equal, not clawed. 
Capsule oe species 
1. R. ~ apo Hance. Leaves 
24 dm 1; blades 1 thick, 
broadly in. t often purple, es- 
pecially so beneath: flower-stalks clus- 
tered: spathes 24 em. long: petals white or blue, 5-8 mm. idee. pai 4-5 
mm. long.—(BOAT-LILY. n PLANT. — Pinelands and cult. grounds, pen. 
—(W. I.)— l ye —A favorite garden plant 
in the tropics and ee de m under ie in vin -tropical regions. 
