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virginica. 
as— 
Eleocharis tuberculosa.' 
Hleocharis acicularis, 
Rhynchospora miliacea, 
Rhynchospora axillaris! 
Rhynchospora fascicularis. 
Rhynchospora gracilenta' 
Dulichium arundinaceum.' 
Carex allantica,! 
With these grow— 
Pinguicula planifolia, 
Bartonia virginica,! 
Habenaria clavellata,' 
PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
A host of Cyperaceae thrive in the shade of these swamps, 
Carex leptalea.} 
Carex slerilis.' 
Carex baileyi. 
Carex intiomescens.! 
Carex folliculata australis. 
Carex elliottii. 
Carex turgescens, 
Hahenaria repens, 
Habsnaria blephariglottis,' 
Habenaria cristata, | 
truly characteristic for these tree-clad pine-barren swamps, prefer- 
ring their open borders. 
Hypericum fasciculatum. 
Rhexia eiliosa} 
Limodorum tuberosum. 
Pogonia ophioglossoides.' 
Here also are found— 
Pogonia divaricata. 
Aster paludosus, 
Aster purpuratus. 
Arundinaria tecta, formerly abundant in these swampy woods and 
in the hammocks, is now greatly reduced by the continued browsing 
of cattle. 
LHydrophytic herkaceous plant associations. One group 
belong to the open pine-barren swamps 
soil filling the frequent depressions in the 
nant water of the ponds flourish— 
Castalia odorata. 
Brasenia peltata. 
Limnanthemum lacunosum. 
Cabomba caroliniana. 
Nymphaea advena, 
of these 
i SOUL OOZY 
In the stag- 
and ponds with 
coast plain. 
Potamogeton diversifolius, 
Utricularia inflata. 
Spirodela polyrhiza, 
Lenina minor. 
Lemna trisulea, 
With Castalia odorata oceurs its variety with rose-purplish flowers. 
These 
all, with floating stems and leaves, form with //vocharis inter 
stincta, 2. mutata, and FE. cellulosa a mingling of the Hydrocharidian 
and Limnean classes of hydrophytes. 
To the latter belong also the 
following types which inhabit the shallower pools and ditches and root 
in loamy silt free from peat: 
Sagittaria mohvii. 
Sagittaria platyphylla, 
Sagittaria chapmani. 
Utricularia gibba, 
Utricularia biflora. 
Hleocharis vivipara, 
Eleocharis camptotricha. 
Cyperus compressus. 
Cyperus haspan. 
Juncus repens, 
The following prefer the boggy borders of such pools: 
Tillaea simplex. 
Oldenlandia boseii. 
Oldenlandia littoralis. 
"Found also in the Carolinian area, 
Eryngium prostratum, 
Eryngium ovalifolium. 
Pluchea foetida, 
