231 



number); Sumpter county, J. D. Smith ; Indian River, W, M. 

 Canby. 



2. Tradescantia rosea Vent. 



Tradescantia Virginica Walt. Fl. Car. 119. 1788. Not 7. Vir- 



gimana L. 



Tradescantia rosea Vent. Hort. Cels,//. 2^. 1800. 



Perennial by rootstocks, slender, nearly glabrous, bright green. 

 Stems erect or nearly so, often densely tufted, I-5 dm. tall, usually 

 simple; leaves narrowly linear or nearly filiform, 1-3 dm. long, 

 flat or involutely folded, acuminate, sometimes surpassing the 

 peduncles ; sheaths cylindric or funnelform, .5-1 cm. long, fringed 

 with long white cilia ; cymes usually solitary, or sometimes 2 to- 

 gether, terminal, their peduncles 8-15 cm. long, subtended by 

 linear bracts; pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, glabrous; sepals lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long, acutish, petals pink or rose- 

 color, orbicular-oblong, obtuse; filaments glabrous, anther-cells 

 contiguous; capsules subglobose, 4-5 mm. in diameter. 



Sandy soil, Maryland to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 



Spring and summer. 



3. Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf. 



Tiadescaiitia brevicaulis Raf. Atl. Journ. 150. 1832. 



Tradescantia pmnila Raf. New Fl. Part 2, 86. 1836. 



Tradescantia Virginica var. villosa S. Wats. ; Wats. & Coult. in 

 A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6. 539. 1890, 



Perennial by a cluster of slender roots, low, stoutish, more or 

 less villous, bright green. Stems solitary or usually clustered, 

 erect, almost wanting or i-io cm. tall, simple; leaves linear or 

 narrowly linear, 1.5-3 dm. long, fiattish, acute or sometimes rather 

 obtuse, sheaths 1-2.5 cm. long, mostly imbricated ; involucre of 2 

 nearly equal leaf-like bracts which are longer and broader than the 

 leaves; pedicels stoutish, 3.5-5.5 cm. long, villous; flowers mostly 

 purplish-blue, 5-15 in an umbel-like cyme, about 2 cm. broad ; 

 sepals ovate or oblong-ovate, lo-ii mm. long, obtuse; petals 

 suborbicular, obtuse, delicately nerved; mature capsule not seen. 



Hillsides and woods, Illinois to Missouri and Kentucky. May 



to June. 



4. Tradescantia Virginiana L. 



Tradescantia Virginiana L. Sp. PI. 288. 1753- 

 Tradescantia rupestris Raf. Atl. Journ. 150. 1832. 

 Perennial by a cluster of rather thick white or yellowish roots, 

 stout or stoutish, glabrous or nearly so, bright green. Stems 



