SEDGES. 3938 
Cyperus strigosus L. Sp. Pl.1:47. 1753. STRIGOSE-SPIKED CYPERUS. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,571. Chap. F1.507. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 464, 
JAPAN. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Nebraska. 
South all over the Atlantic States to Florida and Texas; also in California, 
ALABAMA: Over the State. July to September; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in paludibus Jamaicae, Virginiae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus strigosus robustior Kunth, Enum. 2: 88. 1837. 
‘Spikelets large, elongated, 20 to 30 flowered.” 
Louisianian area. Western Tennessee?, Florida, west to Louisiana and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Open swamps. Mobile County, river marshes. August, September; 
2 to 3 feet high; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘America borealis et ? merid. (Insulae Sandwicenses, Beechey. )” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus stenolepis Torr. Ann, Lye. N. Y.3: 263. 1836. PALE MARSH CYPERUS. 
Chap. F1.507, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 404, 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. In grassy swamps. Mobile County, 
river marshes; June. Lee County (Baker §° Earle). Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘ Wilmington, N. C., Mr, Curtis!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. ~ 
Cyperus dissitiflorus Ann. Lye. N.Y, 3:266. 1836 
SPARSELY-FLOWERED CYPERUS. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 659; ed.3, 584. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 464. 
MEXIco, BRAZIL (tide Boeckeler). 
Louisianian area. Florida to western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Rich shaded woods and copses. Mobile County, Dau- 
phin Island. Baldwin County, Blakely. August and September; infrequent. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Near New Orleans, Hooker!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl. Gram. 20. 1817. RED-ROOTED CYPERUS, 
Cyperus tenuiflorus Ell. Sk.1:70. 1817, Not Rottboell. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,571. Chap. F1.512, Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 2: 465, 
Ell. Sk. l.c. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England west to Minnesota, 
south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and from New York to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region to the Coast plain, Borders 
of swamps. Lauderdale, ‘Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. 
Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab.ad rivos Pennsylvaniae, floret Aug.—Sept. etiam in Carolina 
Septen. et Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Cyperus speciosus Vahl, Enum, 2:364. 1806. MICHAUX’sS CYPERUS. 
Cyperus michaurianus Schult. Mant. 2: 1238. 1824. 
Ell. Sk. 1:72. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 572? Chap. Fl. 507. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 215. 
foulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:465. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Southern New England, New Jersey west to 
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Tennessee, south to Florida and ‘Texas, and 
in California, 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to the Coast plain. Border of marshes, alluvial 
swamps. Mobile County, river swamps. Frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus engelmanni Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 47. 1855. ENGELMANN’S CYPERUS. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 572. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Massachusetts west to Wisconsin, 
ALABAMA: Banks of Mobile River. Adventive from the Northern States; observed 
only once. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ St. Louis, Mo.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb, Mohr. 
