. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 5. Commelina erecta L. Slender Day-flower. Fig. 1151. Commelina erecta L. Sp. PI. 41. 1753. Somewhat pubescent or glabrous, the stems com- monly tufted, erect 1 or ascending, i°-2° tall, the roots somewhat thickened. Leaves linear-lanceo- late, 3'-6' long, 4"-i' wide, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base; sheaths i'-i' long, often pubescent; spathes
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 5. Commelina erecta L. Slender Day-flower. Fig. 1151. Commelina erecta L. Sp. PI. 41. 1753. Somewhat pubescent or glabrous, the stems com- monly tufted, erect 1 or ascending, i°-2° tall, the roots somewhat thickened. Leaves linear-lanceo- late, 3'-6' long, 4"-i' wide, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base; sheaths i'-i' long, often pubescent; spathes peduncled or sessile, the 2 bracts more or less pubescent, acute or acuminate, distinct, io"-2o" long; flowers 4' or more broad; ovary 3-celled, each cell i-ovuled; capsule papery, all its cells-dehiscent, each i-seeded; seeds ash-colored, nearly or quite smooth, puberulent. In moist soil, southern Pennsylvania to Florida, Texas and in tropical America. 6. Commelina hirtella Vahl. Bearded Day- flower. Fig. 1152. Commelina longifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 23. 1803. Not Lam. 1791. 'Commelina hirtella Vahl. Enum. 2: 166. 1806. C. erecta A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 486. 1856. Not L. 1753. Stems stout, erect or ascending, 2°-4° high. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, roughish, 4'-7' long, l'-li' wide, their sheaths i'-i' long, fringed with long brownish hairs and sometimes pubescent; spathes sessile or short-peduncled, often clustered at the summits of the stem and branches, the 2 bracts acute, united by their margins, rather strongly cross- veined ; ventral cells of the ovary 2-ovuled, the other i-ovuled; capsule 5-seeded; seeds ellipsoid, brown, somewhat more than 1" long, smooth, minutely puberulent. In moist soil, southern New Jersey to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 2. CUTHBERTIA Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 237. 1903. Perennial herbs, with mostly tufted stems. Leaves alternate: blades very narrow and elongated. Cymes umbel-like, solitary at the end
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