Pennell: Plants of the southern United States 103 



genus AnantJwpus Raf. /. c. 20. Description of large leaves 



would indicate species here considered. 

 Ananthopus undulatus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 70. 1837. "Alabama, 



in my herbal." Description of ample, ovate leaves, 5-8 inches 



long, would indicate species here considered. 

 AUotria scabra Raf. /. c. 70. 1837. "Virginia and Carolina." 



Type of genus AUotria Raf. /. c. 70. Description of three sub- 

 equal petals and of size of plant would indicate species here 



considered. 

 Commelina ignorata Kunth, Enum. PI. 4: 60. 1843. New name 



for Ananthopus clandestimis Raf. 



Flowers and fruits mid-July to October. 



Moist to wet loam soil, especially alluvial, mostly along river- 

 banks, southeastern Pennsylvania to northern Florida, inland to 

 mountains of eastern Tennessee, southern Illinois, southern 

 Missouri, and eastern Texas, locally frequent to common. 



New Jersey. Camden: Kaighn's Point, > August, , 



C. E. Smith (A., Y.). 



Pennsylvania. Lancaster: island. Peach Bottom, > Sep- 

 tember 7, 1863, /. /. Carter (A.). Philadelphia: Gray's Ferry 

 above Bartram's Garden, < September, 1862, A. H. Smith (A.), 

 probably introduced. 



Maryland. Baltimore: Baltimore, 1866, P. V. LeRoy (Y.). 

 Cecil: moist soil, Conowingo, July i, 1914, F. W. Pennell 1565 (A.). 

 Montgomery: along canal below Glen Echo, August 10, 1910, 

 F. W. Pennell 254g (Y.). 



Virginia. Alexandria: moist soil, Alexander Island, < Sep- 

 tember 16, 1910, F. W. Pennell 2670 (Y.) ; also Pennell 2450 (Y.). 

 Fairfax: moist soil along Potomac River above Great Falls, 

 < August 7, 1910, F. W. Pennell 2523 (Y.). 



North Carolina. Brunswick: west of river, Wilmington, 

 > October 3, 1908, E. B. Bartram (A.). Cherokee: meadows, 

 one or two miles east of Andrews, < August 4, 1900, A. M. 

 Hnger (Y.). Forsyth: Salem, L. D. von Schweinitz (A.). Rowan: 

 Faith Post Office, August 14, 1891, /. K. Small & A. A. Heller 

 411 (P., Y.). Wake: Raleigh, < August, 1898, C. W. Hyams (Y.). 



Georgia. Bibb: muddy swamp of Ocmulgee River about 

 two miles below Macon, < September 5, 1903, R. M. Harper 



