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1. Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf. 



Tradescantia brevicaulis "Rsif. All. Journ. 160. (1832). 



Tradescantia pumila Raf. Atl. Journ. 150 (1832). 



Tradescantia Virginica var. villosa Wats. Gray, Man. td. 6. 539. (1890). 



Hillsides and rocky woods, Illinois and Southern Missouri 

 to Kansas and Texas. April and May. Remarkable on 

 account of the long villous involucral bracts. 



Specimens examined : Missouri : Monteer, Shannon 

 County, Bush 2571, June 29, 1888, an old plant in seed (M) ; 

 678, May 15, 1894 (M); 388,. May 25, 1900 (M) ; Iron 

 County, -Eggerf, May 12, 1893 (M) ; Webb City, Bush 1608, 

 May 12, 1902 (M); Palmer 298, May 4, 1902 (M); Gad's 

 Hill, Bussell, April 25, 1898 (M) ; Silica, Russell, May 5, 

 1898 (M) ; no locality given, BlanMnship, 1897 (N). Illi- 

 nois: Mahaska, collector and date of collection not given 

 (N). Kansas: Cowley County, iMar^- White, April, 1898 

 (M) . Texas : Dallas, Bush 578, April 24, 1900 (M) ; Rever- 

 chon 4049, April, 1880 (M); Fort Worth, Reverchon 2771, 

 April 1, 1902 (M); no locality, Ward, without date of 

 collection (N). 



2. Tradescantia hirsutiflora Bush sp. nov. 



Stems short, stout, robust, 1-2 dm. tall, few-leaved, 

 roughish-pubescent, especially above the upper sheath, pale 

 yellowish-green; leaf -blades linear-lanceolate, 5-15 mm. wide, 

 straight or often curved, conduplicate, roughish-pubescent 

 and ciliate, mostly basal. Sheaths much overlapping, pubes- 

 cent, ciliate with long hairs; bracts of the involucre 2, 

 sometimes only 1 long one and several short ones, densely 

 pubescent, the long one resembling the leaves. Cymes about 

 12- to 15-flowered; pedicels 2-3 cm. long, stout, densely 

 hirsute with tawny hairs; sepals linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 12-18 mm. long, densely hirsute with tawny hairs; corolla 

 large, bright blue. — Sandy soil, Eastern Texas. Spring. 



Differs conspicuously from the preceding species in being 

 roughish-pubescent, not villous, and in the hirsute pedicels 

 and sepals. 



Specimens examined: Texas: The onlv specimens seen 



