658 ERIOCAULONACE^. 



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

 lO-flowereil ; sepals hinceolatc, acute, as long as the ovate, taper-Leaked, 1- 

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

 Alabama, and northward. 



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

 heads 2- 10, globular, closely many -flowered, 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-G-llowered ; 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 [Canlnj), and northward. 



Order COMMELYNACE^. 



TRADESCANTIA, L. 



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

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

 the base (%' or less long), the floral ones bracthke ; flowers very small (2" - 

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

 of East Florida [Curiiss). 



Order XYRIDACE/E. 

 XYRIS, L. 



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

 these 3'- 5' 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^. 



ERIOCAULON, L. 



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

 linear, pellucid ; scape weak and slender; head small, hemispherical, densely 

 white-bearded ; scales of the involucre rounded ; bracts spatulate. E. pellu- 

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



