658 EEIOCAULONACE^. 



J. militaris, Bigel. Stout (2° -4° high), 1-leaved; heads panicled, 5- 

 10-flowered ; sepals lanceolate, acute, as long as the ovate, taper-Leaked, 1- 

 celled capsule; stamens 6; seeds globose-ovate, abruptly pointed. — In water, 

 Alabama, and northward. 



J. brachycarpus, Engelm. Stem erect (1° -2° high), mostly 21eaved, 

 heads 2-10, globular, closely many -flowered, pale green ; sepals linear-subu- 

 late, unequal, the outer ones longer ; capsule ovoid, acute, 1-celled, shorter 

 than the sepals ; style very short. — South Carolina (Beyrich), mountains of 

 Georgia ■?, and northward. 



J. asper, Engelm. Rigid, erect (2° -3° high); leaves terete; panicle 

 erect; heads 2-6-flowered; sepals ovate-lanceolate, strongly nerved, very 

 acute, the inner ones longer, and barely shorter than the beak-pointed cap- 

 sule; seeds' oblong, finely ribbed. — Swamps, Henderson County, North 

 Carolina ( Canby), and northward. 



Oedee COMMELYNACE^. 



TEADESCANTIA, L. 



T. Ploridana, Watson. Stem (4' -8' long) tender, ascending from a 

 creeping base, branching ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliate at 

 the base (|' or less long), the floral ones bract-like; flowers very small (2"- 

 3" wide), terminal, shorter than their pedicels; sepals pubescent. — Coast 

 of East Florida (Curtiss). 



Oedee XYRIDACEJE. 

 XYRIS, L. 



X. setacea, n. sp. Scape setaceous (1° high) hke the terete leaves, 

 these 3'- 5' long; spikes ovoid (3" long); lateral sepals included, connivent 

 at the tips, the narrowly winged keel serrulate above the middle. — Margins 

 of ponds near Mobile (Mohr). 



Oedee ERIOCAULONACE^. 



ERIOCAULOW, L. 



E. septangulare, Withering. Leaves short (l'-2' long), subulate- 

 linear, pellucid; scape weak and slender; head small, hemispherical, densely 

 white-bearded; scales of the involucre rounded ; bracts spatulate. E. pellu- 

 cidum, Michx.) — Wet pine barrens. Southern Mississippi (Prof. Hilgard). 



