Family LILIACEA 23 
Bracts narrow, not saccate at the base; plants mostly over 3 dm. 
high. 2. T. occidentalis. 
Calyx and pedicels smooth, except for a tuft of hair at the tip of the 
sepals; foliage glaucous; plants tall. 3. T. reflexa. 
1. Tradescantia bracteata Small. Large-bracted Spiderwort. 
Common, especially in sandy soil along railroads. Ainsworth; Calla- 
way; Ewing; Garden county; Inman; Lincoln; Red Cloud. 
2. Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth. Western Spiderwort. 
Common all over the state. Flowers open early in the morning and 
usually wilt before noon. Anselmo; Central City; Fairbury; Fre- 
mont; Kearney; Lincoln; Newcastle; Pine Ridge; Thedford. 
3. Tradescantia reflexa Raf. 
Common along railroads south of Lincoln. 
4, JUNCACE2. 
1. Juncus. 244. 
Rushes. 
Inflorescence apparently lateral. 
Perianth green or straw-colored; seeds 0.5 mm. long. 
1. J. filiformis. 
Perianth partly brown; seeds 1 mm. long. 2. J. balticus. 
Inflorescence evidently terminal. 
Leaves not septate. 
Flowers bibracteolate, not in true heads. 
Annuals; inflorescence more than one-third the height of the 
plant; plants about 2 dm. high. 3. J. bufonius. 
Perennials; inflorescence not one-third as long as the plant. 
Auricles at the top of the sheath prolonged beyond the point 
of insertion, often 2 mm. long 4. J. tenuis. 
Auricles scarcely prolonged beyond point of insertion. 
Auricle membranous, whitish; perianth scarcely spread- 
ing. 5. J. interior. 
Auricles cartilaginous, yellow or yellowish brown;  peri- 
anth spreading. 6. J. dudleyi. 
Flowers not bibracteolate; in true heads. 
Stamens 3. 
Petals setiform; acuminate at the apex. 7. J. setotus. 
Petals obtuse or slightly mucronate. 8. J. marginatus. 
Stamens 6. 9. J. longistylis. 
Leaves septate. 
Branches of the inflorescence short, rarely more than twice the 
diameter of the heads. 
Heads 7-8 mm. in diameter; petals usually longer than the 
sepals. . 10. J. nodosus. 
Heads over 10 mm. in diameter; sepals longer than the petals. 
11. J. torreyi. 
Branches of the inflorescence long, many times as long as the 
diameter of the heads. 12. J. richardsonianus. 
1. Juncus filiformis L. 
Reported from Banner county. 
