Pexnell: Plants of the southern United States 99 



1892, T. C. Porter (A.). Perry: Marysville, > August 7, 1888, 

 /. A'. Small (Y.). Philadelphia: Wissahickon Ravine, > Sep- 

 tember 2, 1908, 5. S. Van Pelt (A.). 



Delaware. Newcastle: ditch banks, Wilmington, < Sep- 

 tember 10, 1873, A. Commovs (A.). 



Maryland. Harford: along shore south of Havre de Grace, 



> August I, 1902, G. H. Shnll 143 (Y.). Montgomery: along 

 canal bank, Cabin John, > August 21, 1904, 11. D. House 320 (Y.). 



District of Columbia. Moist soil. Chain Bridge, > August 

 10, 1910, F. W. Pejinell 2544 (y .). 



Virginia. Alexandria: along Potomac River opposite Wash- 

 ington, > July 22, 1910, F. W. Pennell 2451 (Y.). 



North Carolina. Cherokee: in damp shady woods, Andrews, 



> September 5, 1900, A. M. Huger (Y.). 



Missouri. Jackson: along railroad, Independence, > Sep- 

 tember 24, 1912, B. F. Bush 6861 (Y.). 



2. Commelina caroliniana Walt. 



Commelina caroliniana Walt. Fl. Carol. 68. 1788. Presumably 

 from Berkeley County, South Carolina. Description appa- 

 rently of species here considered. There is no type specimen 

 in the Walter herbarium at the British Museum. 

 Flowers and fruits September to October. 

 At a few stations through the southern states. South Carolina 



and Florida to Missouri. Possibly introduced, but more probably 



native as its collection by Baldwin and other early collectors 



would suggest. 



South Carolina. Charleston: Charleston, < November, 



1855, L. R. Gibbes (Y.). 



Florida. Duval: moist cultivated grounds near Jacksonville, 



< October i, 1894,^. H. Curtiss 5177 (Y.) ; also 4144, 2gg2. 



Volusia: New Smyrna, Baldwin (A.). 



Alabama. "Ala.," > September, 1839, S. B. Buckley (Y.). 

 Mississippi. Point St. Martin, < October 13, 1898, S. M. 



Tracy 5122 (Y.). 



Missouri. Jackson: introduced, Sheffield, < September 14, 

 1905, B. F. Bush 3332 (Y.). "Missouri," T. Nuttall (A.). 



