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3. Tradescantia pilosa Lehm. Zigzag Spiderwort. A stout 
herb, commonly flexuous, often branched, more or less puberulent 
or short-pilose; leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, 
darker green above than below; pedicels and calyx pubescent and 
more or less glandular, rarely somewhat glabrous; petal lilac- 
blue. In thickets and on shaded hillsides. Montgomery, Cler¬ 
mont, Hamilton. 
2. Commelina L. Day-flower. 
Succulent, branching herbs, with short-petioled or sessile 
leaves. Inflorescence a sessile cyme subtended by spathe-like 
bracts; sepals slightly united, of unequal size; petals unequal, 2 
large and one small; stamens 3 or 2 fertile and 3 or 4 sterile. 
1. Commelina virginica L. Virginia Day-flower. A 
branched somewhat pubescent or glabrous herb. Leaves lanceo¬ 
late, or linear-lanceolate, acuminate at the base; sheathes inflated, 
often pubescent; inflorescence a cyme surrounded by 2 bracts; 
corolla showy. In moist soil. Montgomery, Clermont, Lake. 
Juncaceae. Rush Family. 
Perennial or sometimes annual, grass-like, usually tufted 
herbs. Leaves with sheathes either open or closed; inflorescence 
a panicle, cyme, corymb, or umbel, spike or head, or rarely, 
flowers single; flowers small, regular, with or without bracts; 
perianth of 6 glumaceous segments; stamens 6 or 3 or rarely 5 or 
4; carpels 3; fruit a loculicidal capsule, seeds many or 3; endosperm 
fleshy. 
1. Leaf-sheathes open, seeds many, plants never hairy. Juncus. (1) 
1. Leaf-sheathes closed, seeds three, plants usually hairy. Juncoides. (2) 
1. Juncus L. Rush. 
Usually perennial herbs with leaf-bearing stems, and open 
leaf sheathes. Leaves grass-like or channeled; inflorescence a 
panicle or corymb, often unilateral, or congested in heads; stamens 
6 or 3, ovulary unilocular or trilocular; seeds several or many, 
sometimes caudate. Commonly found in swamp habitats. 
