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prostrate " of Torrey's description does not fit, as this plant is ascending. 

 It is the Commelina spedosa Buckley, Proc. Acad. Phila. 4 (1862), 

 collected by Buckley at Corpus Christi. 

 March 10 (1447). 



TINANTIA Scheidw Allgem. Gartenzeit. 7: 365 (1839). 



Tinantia anomala (Torr.) Clarke. 



Tradescantia anomala Torr. Mex. Bound. Surv. 2; 225 (1859). 



In rich shady soil on Town Creek and along the Guadalupe at Kerr- 

 ville, altitude 1625 feet. Stems erect, but weak, one to two feet high; 

 flowers deep blue. 



May 3 (1693) ; type locality, Austin and San Antonia. 



JUNCACEAE. 



JUNCUS L.Sp. PL 325(1753). 

 Juncus filipendulus Buckley, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1862, 8 (1859). 



Juncus leptocaulis T. & G. in Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2 : 



454 (1866). 



On moist rocks covered with a thin deposit of mud on the right bank 

 of the Guadalupe, altitude 1600 feet. Plants scattered and not plentiful. 

 Quite an extension of the range of this rather rare Juncus. "Appar- 

 ently confined in Texas to the northern portion of the State." Man. of 

 W. Texas, 451. 



June 13 (1852). 

 Juncus marginatus setosus Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 8: 124 



(1893). 



Very plentiful in dry soil at Corpus Christi, near the "Arroyo," alti- 

 tude 40 feet. Not previously known to occur in the coast region. 



May 30 (1796). 

 Juncus nodosus Texanus Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2: 471 



(1868). 



Growing in dense matted clumps in mud on the left bank of the 

 Guadalupe, at Kerrville, altitude 1600 feet. The roots were so inter- 

 laced and tangled that upon taking hold of a bunch a slight pull brought 

 away a large section of the thin layer of mud, laying bare the rocks. 



July 2 (1936). 

 Juncus tenuis Willd. Sp. PL 2: 214 (1799). 



Two or three plants were found mixed with J. filipendulus. Appar- 

 ently rare in the region of Kerrville, as no others were seen. 



