658 EEIOCAULONACE^E. 



J. militaris, Bigel. Stout (2° -4° high), 1-leaved ; heads panicled, 6- 

 10-flowered ; sepals lanceolate, acute, as long as the ovate, taper-beaked, 1- 

 celled capsule ; stamens 6 ; seeds globose-ovate, abruptly pointed. — In water, 

 Alabama, and northward. 



J. brachycarpus, Engelm. Stem erect (l°-2° high), mostly 2-leaved, 

 heads 2-lU, globular, closely many-llowered, pale green; sepals linear-subu- 

 late, unequal, the outer ones longer; capsule ovoid, acute, 1-celled, shorter 

 than the sepals; style very short. — South Carolina (Beyrich), mountains of 

 Georgia?, and northward. 



J. asper, Engelm. Rigid, erect (2° -3° high); leaves terete; panicle 

 erect; heads 2-6-flowered; sepals ovate-lanceolate, strongly nerved, very 

 acute, the inner ones longer, and barely shorter than the beak-pointed cap- 

 sule ; seeds oblong, finely ribbed. — Swamps, Henderson County, North 

 Carolina (Canby), and northward. 



Order COMMELYNACE^E. 



TRADESCANTIA, L. 



T. Floridana, Watson. Stem (4' -8' long) tender, ascending from a 

 creeping base, branching; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliate at 

 the base (J' or less long), the floral ones bract-like; flowers vexy small ('A" - 

 3" wide), terminal, shorter than their pedicels; sepals pubescent. — Coast 

 of East Elorida (Curtiss). 



Order XYRIDACE.E. 



XYRIS, L. 



X. setacea, n. sp. Scape setaceous (1° high) like the terete leaves, 

 these 3'-6" long; spikes ovoid (3" long) : lateral sepals included, connivent 

 at the tips, the narrowly winged keel serrulate above the middle. — Margins 

 of ponds near Mobile (Mohr). 



Order ERIOCAULONACE^E. 



ERIOCAULON, L. 



E. septangulare, Withering. Leaves short (l'-2' long), subulate- 

 linear, pellucid j scape weak am! slender; head small, hemispherical, densely 



white-bearded; Bcales of the involucre rounded ; bracts spatulate. E, jiellu- 

 cidum, Michx.) — Wet pine barrens, Southern Mississippi [Prof. Hilgard). 



