PLANiTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 325 



Briocaulon gnaphalodes Willis 67.— Gray Man. Ed. II. 489. 1858.— Britton 

 259- 



Wet swamps in the Pine Barrens and Cape May district; 

 frequent. 



The early flowering, large grayish heads and short leaves dis- 

 tinguish this fine species from the preceding, while £. septangu- 

 lare is usually smaller and later in flowering. 



Fl. — Mid-May to late June, rarely into July. 



Pine Barrens.— Toms River, Forked River, Speedwell, Berlin, Jackson, 

 Eighth St. (NY), Hammonton (Bassett), Quaker Bridge, Pleasant Mills 

 (S), Pancoast, Manumuskin (S), Franklinville (P), Atsion (P), Elmer (P), 

 Egg Harbor City (P) 



Cape May. — Bennett. 



Eriocaulon decangulare L. Ten-angled Pipewort. 



PI. XXVIIL, Fig. 2. 

 Briocaulon decangulare Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 87. 1753 [North America]. — Pursh 

 Flor. Amer. Sept. I. 91. 1814.— Gray Man. Ed. I. 515. 1848.— Knies- 

 kern 33. — Willis 67. — Britton 259. — Keller and Brown 92. 



Pine Barren swamps, the most plentiful species, extending to 

 the edge of the salt meadows at certain points, and also to the 

 Cape May district. 



PL — Mid- July to early October. 



Pine Barrens. — Toms River, Montclair (NB), Toms River (NY), Forked 

 River (NB), Island Hts., West Creek, Tuckerton, Jones Mill (S), Speedwell 

 (S), High Bridge (S), Bear Swamp (S), Berlin (KB), Atco, Cedar Brook, 

 Hammonton, Atsion, Landisville (NY), Parkdale (S), Quaker Bridge, Bat- 

 sto (S), Forks of Batsto, Egg Harbor City, Folsom Twelfth St., Eighth St. 

 (T), Mays Landing (H), Weymouth (NY), Beesleys Pt. (H), Manumuskin 

 (S), Ocean View (S), Bel. Palermo, Dennisville (OHB). 



Cape May. — Dias Creek. 



Family COMMELINACE^. Spiderworts. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Perfect stamens, 3, rarely 2, bracts spathe-like. 



b. Margins of spathe united. Cammelina hirtella, p. 326 



bb. Margins of spathe free, flowers blue. C. communis, p. 326 



aa. Perfect stamens, 6, rarely 5, bracts leaf-like Tradescantia, p. 323 



TRADESCANTIA L. 

 Tradescantia virginiana L. Spiderwort. 



Tradescantia virginiana Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 288. 1753 [Virginia] .—Knieskern 

 33.— Britton 248. 



