Pennell: Plants of the southern United States 109 



[Florida] early in August [1894, G. V. Nash].'' Type, labeled, 



''vicinity of Eustis, Lake Co., Florida, G. V. Nash 1525," seen 



in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. 

 Commelina Nashii Small, Fl. S. E. U. S. 242, 1328. 1903. "Type, 



Nash, PI. Fla., no. 2465, in Herb. C. U." Type, collected at 



"Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, August 24, 1895," 



seen in the herbarium of Columbia University at the New 



York Botanical Garden. 



Flowers and fruits June to October, southward throughout the 

 season. 



Sandy soil, pine-land, and fields, dunes, etc., in the Coastal 

 Plain, North Carolina to southern Florida, Cuba and southern 

 Texas. 



North Carolina. Carteret: sand banks near Beaufort, 1906, 

 /. F. Lewis 85 (Y.). New Hanover: dry sand, sea beach near 

 Wrightsville, < September i, 1900, C. S. Williamson (Y.). 



South Carolina. Beaufort: Bluffton, J. H. Mellichamp (Y.), 

 Berkeley: Summerville, > June, 1850, L. R. Gibbes (Y.). 



Georgia. Chatham: Savannah, Mrs. Say (A.). Glynn: 

 sandy pine-land, Brunswick, > October 10, 1912, F. W. Pennell 

 4^33 (P-)- Richmond: dry sandy soil, Augusta, > July 6, 1898, 

 A. Cuthbert (Y.). 



Florida. Brevard: hammock, Merritt's Island, > September 

 15. 1895, A. A. Baldwin 112 (A., P.). Clay: Green Cove, 1881, 

 M. Treat (A.). Dade: in pine-lands between Cutler and Longview 

 Camp, > November 9-12, 1903, J. K. Small & J. J. Carter ggz 

 (A., Y.). Duval: dry fields and woods near Jacksonville, < June, 

 A. H. Curtiss 22g4 (A., P., Y.). Gadsden: old field near River 

 Junction, > May 3, 1898, A. H. Curtiss 6jjq (Y.). Hillsboro: 

 high pine-land, Tampa, > April 1-15, 1894, G. V. Nash 387 (Y.). 

 Lake: high pine-land, Eustis, > August, 1894, G. V. Nash 1644 

 (A., Y.). Lee: pine forest, Samville, > June 6, 1912, /. W. 

 Harshberger (P.). Manatee: Palma Sola, > May 5, 1900, S. M. 

 Tracy 6756 (Y.). Monroe: shell sand-dunes. Boot Key, > April 

 7-12, 1909, A''. L. Britton 530 (Y.). Nassau: near St. Mary's, 

 181 7, Dr. Bacon (Y.). Pinellas: pine clearing near bay, > April 

 7, 1908, Mrs. C. C. Deam 4066 (Y.). St. John: St. Augustine, 

 > April 12, 1897, J. Crawford (Y.). St. Lucie: Fort Pierce, 



