PICKEREL WEED FAMILY. 431 



Commelina hirtella Vahl, Ennm. 2 : 166. 1806. HIRTELLOUS COMMELINA. 



CommeUna long I folia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 23. 1803. 

 C. erecta Gray, Man. ed. 5, 546. 1867. Not L. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 49. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 538. Cbap. 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 $ Earle'). Cullman and Mobile counties. August; not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in umbrosis sylvarum Virginiae et Carolinae. Ricltard." 



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 Raf. New Fl. pt. 2, 87. 1836. COMMON SPIDERWORT. 



Tradescantia canaliculata Raf. Atl. Jonrn. 150. 1832. ? 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Wisconsin (Lapham) and Minnesota; South 

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



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Metamorphic hills. Shaded copses, 

 grassy banks in light loamy soil. Lee County, Auburn (Earle 4'- Underwood). 

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

 Flowers cerulean bine, anthers golden-yellow. March, 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 STEMMED SFIDERWORT. 



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



MOUNTAIN SPIDERWORT. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Virginia to South Carolina. 



ALABAMA : Metaraorphic and Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Lee 

 County. Auburn (Baker tf Earle}. Flowers May; rare. 



Type locality (Small): North Carolina, Hug el. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PONTEDERIACEAE. Pickerel Weed Family. 



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



Twenty-three spejies, warmer regions, mostly Araerican. 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, Contr. 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 July; common. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginiae aquosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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

 228 to 236. 1897. 



