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spirally twisted; capsule oblong, 8-9 mm. long, glandular-pilose; 

 seeds oblong or ovoid, more or less flattened, gray, conspicuously 

 marked with irregular transverse ridges. 



Sandy soil in pine barrens, Florida: Curtiss, 2996 and 4680; 

 Nash, 1574. 



Many Tradescantias possess more or less glandular pubescence, 

 but in this Floridian species, we find the whole plant covered 

 with a short glandular pubescence which extends even to the 

 petals. Its affinities are with Tradcscantia Jnrsiiticaulis, from which 

 it differs primarily in the pubescence and the broader and elon- 

 gated leaves which are chiefly confined to the base of the stem 

 which they either surpass or nearly equal. The sepals are narrow 

 and conspicuously elongated. 



8. Tkadescantia foliosa n. sp. 



Perennial by a cluster of slender much elongated (more than 

 3 dm.) roots, rather stout, glabrous above, villous at the base, dull 

 green. Stems solitary, erect, 4-7 dm. tall, simple or nearly so, 

 very leafy near the base, glabrous or glabrate ; leaves narrowly 

 linear, 2-6 dm. long, nearly equalling or surpassing the stem, long- 

 attenuate, crowded at the base ; sheaths large, otten densely vil- 

 lous, imbricated and sheathing the stem for 1-2 dm., prominently 

 ribbed; involucre of 3 unequal leaf-like bracts ; pedicels slender, 

 1-1.5 cm. long ; flowers blue, about 2 cm. broad, the cymes at ma- 

 turity dense; sepals ovate or oblong, about 7 mm. long, obtuse, 

 two strongly hooded and with a tuft of hairs near the apex, one 

 scarcely hooded and nearly glabrous at the apex; capsule oblong, 

 5-6 mm. long, glabrous; seeds irregular, 2-2.5 mm. long, not 

 much longer than broad. 



In clay soil, chiefly on hummocks, eastern and southern Flor- 

 ida : Keeler; Nash, 610 in part. May to June. 



As in the case of TradescanHa longifolia, the leaves of this 

 plant are crowded toward the base of the stem but they are much 

 more numerous. The sheaths are loose, densely imbricated and 

 villous, with very long delicate hairs. The upper part of the plant 

 is apparently glaucous, the flowers are small, the sepals short and 

 the fruiting calyx small and plump. The plant is destitute of 

 glandular pubescence. 



9. Tkadescantia comata n. sp. 



Perennial, stoutish, pubescent with long villous hairs. Stems 

 erect or ascending, 3-5 dm. tall, simple or sparingly branched, 



