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BROMELIACEAE. 



TILLANDSIA L. Sp. PL 286 (1753).* 



Tillandsia recurvata L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 410 (1762). 



Collected on chapparral at Corpus Christi, where it is found occa- 

 sionally. Near the mouth of the Nueces it is quite plentiful on trees, 

 Querciis, Celtis, etc. Also observed on live oaks between Corpus 

 Christi and Kenedy, and on trees at Kerrville, on the upper Guadalupe. 

 Usually grows in ball-like masses. 



March 6 (1400) ; type locality, Jamaica. 



COMMELINACEAE. 



COMMELINA L. Sp. PL 40 (1753). 



Commelina Virginiana L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 61 (1762). 



Commelina angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 24 (1803). 



In sandy, cultivated fields at the Oso ; flowers greenish blue. Seen 

 also at Corpus Christi and Kerrville. 



April 12 (1555). 



TRADESCANTIA L. Sp. PL 288 (1753). 

 Tradescantia micrantha Torr. Mex. Bound. Surv. 2: 224 (1859). 



Near the Oso, Nueces county, growing among clumps of low tangled 

 bushes, altitude 25 feet. Owing to the difficulty in collecting it, only a 

 few specimens were obtained, although it is rather plentiful. The flowers 

 are small, rose color, apparently open only in the forenoon. The speci- 

 mens were collected between 9 and 10 A. M., but when I returned in the 

 afternoon not a single open flower could be seen. 



April 12 (1564) ; type locality, near the mouth of the Rio Grande. 

 Tradescantia 



On the plateau above Corpus Christi Bay, a short distance southeast 

 of the town, altitude 40 feet, growing among chapparral, in rich black 

 land. Flowers comparatively small, pale pink. This seems to be Trad- 

 escantia leiandra var. brevifolia Torr., and the var. (?) uvata of Coul- 

 ter. It is certainly specifically distinct from leiandra, but the " caule 



* 71 usneoides L. reported in the Manual of Western Texas as occurring in 

 Southern Texas, but not north of the mouth of the Pecos, was seen in abundance 

 along the San Antonio and Aransas Pass R. R. quite a distance north of the Colorado. 

 At the crossing of the Colorado it is found'in great profusion. 



