190 Trans. Acad. Set. of St. Louis. 



10. TrADESCANTIA GIGANTEA Rose. • 



Tradescantia gigantea Rose, Contr. IJ. S. Nat. Herb. 5:205. (1899). 



Appears to be more nearly related to T. hractcata, but is 

 abundantly distinct in its almost velvety bracts, pedicels and 

 sepals. — Sand}' soil, Eastern Texas. Spring. 



Specimens examined : Texas: New Braunfels, Otto Locke, 

 April 14, ISyy, type (N) ; Shovel Mount, Burnet County, 



F. G. Schaiqip, May 22, 1897 (N) ; Gillespie County, 

 Jermyy without date of collection (M): Big Sandy, Upshur 

 County, BevercJwn 2481, May 28, 1901 (M). 



11. Tradescantia hirsuticaulis Small. 



Tradescantia hirsuticaulis Small, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 24 : 233. (1897). 



The range of this is now known to be from North Carolina 

 to Texas, near the coast. It is readily distinguished from 

 all the other species by the long brownish-hirsute pubescence 

 of the stems and leaves. 



Sandy soil, North Carolina to Florida, west to Eastern 

 Texas. Spring. 



Specimens examined: North Carolina : No locality given, 



G. R. Vasey, 1878 (N). Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Ward, 

 April, 1892 (N). Louisiana: Alexandria, Ball 525, May 

 31, 1899 (M). Texas: Silver Lake, RevercJion 2190, May 

 21, 1900 (M): Mineola, Beverchon 2479. April 24. 1901 

 (M). 



12. Tradescantia Reverchoni Bush sp. nov. 



Stems solitary, erect, nearly straight, simple, 4-() dm. tall, 

 yellowish-green, densely appressed-pilose ; leaf -blades linear, 

 2-3 dm. long, straight or a little curved, attenuate at tips, 

 densely short-pubescent on both sides. Sheaths long-pilose ; 

 bracts of the involucre 2 or 3, narrowly linear, shorter than 

 the leaves, densely pubescent like the leaves. Cymes %vith 

 about 40 or 50 flowers: pedicels 1-2 dm. long, densely pilose 

 with gland-tipped hairs: sepals lanceolate, acute, 10-12 mm. 

 long, densel}^ pubescent with gland-tip})ed hairs like the 

 pedicels: corolla apparently large, blue. — Rocky Woods, 

 Eastern Texas. Summer. 



