PICKEREL WEED FAMILY. 431 
Commelina hirtella Vahl, Enum. 2:166. 1806. HIRTELLOUS COMMELINA, 
Commelina longifolia Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 1:23. 1803. 
C. erecta Gray, Man. ed. 5, 546. 1867. Not L. 
EN. Sk.1:49. Gray, Man. ed. 6,538. Chap. FI. 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. Richard.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
TRADESCANTIA L. Sp. Pl. 1: 288. 1753.! 
{Thirty-two species, perennials, temperate and tropical America. North America 
abont 12. 
Tradescantia reflexa Raf. New FI. pt. 2, 87. 1836. COMMON SPpIDERWORT. 
Tradescantia canaliculata Raf. Atl. Journ. 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 §° Underwood). 
Mobile County. Abundant in cultivated and abandoned ground and on waysides. 
Flowers cerulean blue, 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 SPIDERWORT. 
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 montana Shuttl.; Britt. & Brown, Il]. Fl. 1:377. 1896. 
Mountain SPIDERWORT. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Virginia to South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic and Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County (EZ. .4. Smith). Lee 
County, Auburn (Baker J Earle). Flowers May; rare. 
Type locality (Small): North Carolina, Rugel. 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
PONTEDERIACEAE. Pickerel Weed Family. 
PONTEDERIA L. Sp. P1.1: 288. 1753. 
Twenty-three spe2ies, warmer regions, mostly American. North America, 1. 
Pontederia cordata L. Sp. Pl. 1:288. 1753. WAMPEE PICKEREL-WEED. 
El. Sk.1:382. Gray, Man.ed.6,536. Chap. F1.496. 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. 
‘John K.Small, Tradescantia in the Southern States, Bull. Torr. Club, vol. 24, pp. 
228 to 236. 1897. 
