PICKEREL WEED FAMILY. 431 



Commelina hirtella Vabl, Eiinm. 2 : 166. 1806. Hirtellois Co:mmf,lina. 



Commelina JonqifoUa Michs. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 23. 1803. 

 C. electa Gray," Man. ed. 5, 546. 1867. Not L. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 49. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 538. Chap. Fl. 498. 



Mexico, Brazil, Peru. 



Carolinian area. Pennsylvania and New .Jersey to Florida; Ohio Valley -west to 

 Missouri. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp banks. Lee County, Auburn 

 {Baker i^' Earl e). Cullman and ilobile counties. August; not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in nmbrosis sylvarum Virginiae et Carolinae. Eicliard." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TRADESCANTIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 288. 1753.' 



Thirty-two species, perennials, temperate and tropical America. North America 

 about 12. 



Tradescantia reflexa Eaf. New Fl. pt. 2, 87. 1836. Common Spiderwoht. 



Tradescantia eanaUcuJata Raf. Atl. Journ. 150. 1832. ? 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Wisconsin (Lapbam) and Minnesota; Soutb 

 Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, Indian Territory, and Arizona. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. IMetamorpbic hills. Shaded copses, 

 grassy banks in light loamy soil. Lee County, Auburn (Earle .('■ Underwood). 

 Mobile County. Abundant in cultivated and abandoned ground and on waysides. 

 Flowers cerulean blue, anthers golden-yellow. Marcii, April. Fruit ripe in May 

 and June. Common. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



Hirsute- stem.med Spiderwort. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida to western Louisiana {Carpenter). 



Alabama : Central Prairie region. Coast plain. Open dry hillsides, in sandy soil. 

 Montgomery and Mobile counties. April to June; not frequent. 



Type locality : " Sandy places, Georgia to Florida; occurs at 400 meters on Stone 

 Mountain." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Tradescantia montana Shuttl. ; Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 377. 1896. 



Mountain Spiderwort. 

 Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Soutb Carolina. 



Alaba.ma: Metamorphic and Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County (£. J. /Smfi/*). Lee 

 County, Auburn {Baler 4'- Earle). Flowers May; rare. 

 Type locality (Small): North Carolina, 7^H(7eL 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PONTEDERIACEAE. Pickerel Weed Family. 

 PONTEDERIA L. Sp. PI. 1 :288. 1753. 



Twenty-three spejies, warmer regions, mostly American. North America, 1. 

 Pontederia cordata L. Sp. PI. 1 : 288. 1753. Wampee Pickerel-weed. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : ,382. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 536. Chap. Fl. 496. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 441. 



Mexico and Central America to Argentina. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario to Saskatchewan; 

 throughout the Eastern United States and west to Arkansas and eastern Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Ponds, marshes, and borders of streams. Mobile 

 County. April to .Inly ; common. 



Tyi>e locality : " Hab. in Virginiae aquosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



' John K. Small, Tradescantia in the Southern States, Bull. Torr. Club, vol. 24, pp. 

 228 to 236. 1897. 



