394 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Cyperus flavamariscus Griseb. IF]. Brit. W. Ind. 567. 1864. 
Cyperus flavus Vahl, Enum. 2:373. 1806. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 466. 
West INpIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 
ALABAMA: A fugitive from the tropics. Mobile County, on ballast ground, 
September, 1892-93, Annual. 
Type locality: “ Hab, Jamaica!, Al.; Antigua!, Wullsch.; Trinidad'; (Cuba! and 
Mexico to Brazil!).” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus ligularis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2,1:70. 1762. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 659; ed. 8, 534 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 566. Chap. FI. ed. 3,534. 
West INpies, MEXICO TO BraziL. TROPICAL AFRICA TO THE CAPE. 
Louisianian area. Southern Florida. 
ALABAMA: Adventive from the tropics, Mobile, ballast ground, collected first in 
1891, and again in 1895. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Jamaica.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus ovularis (Michx.) Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3:278. 1836. 
ROUND-HEADED CYPERUS, 
Ayllingia ovularis Michx. FI]. Bor, Am. 1:29. 1803. 
Mariscus orularis Vahl, Enum. 2:375. 1806. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,572. Chap. FL511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 465, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York to Illinots, Missouri, south 
to Florida, and west to Texas, ; 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp grass plots, cultivated ground, most frequent 
in the Coast plain and Central Prairie region. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, 
Escambia, Clarke, and Baldwin counties. July, August. Common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Georgia et Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus cylindricus (Ell.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 6:339. 1879. Not Chap. 
1887, PINE-BARREN CYPERUS. 
Mariscus eylindricus Fl, 8k.1:74. 1817. 
Cyperus ovularis var. cylindricus Torr. Ann. Lye. N.Y. 3:279. 1836. 
Ell. Sk.1:74. Gray, Man. ed. 6,572. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 466. Britton, 
Bull. Torr. Club, 7:48, ¢. 3, f. 2. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Long Island, New York, south to Florida, west 
to southwestern Texas. 
ALABAMA: From the coast to the Central Pine belt. ‘Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, 
Escambia, and Mobile counties. In sandy, dry, and damp soil. Cultivated ground 
and woods. Most common in the Coast Pine belt. June to August. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in cultivated land of almost every description, [South 
Carolina, Georgia. ]” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus refractus Iingelm.; Boeck]. Linnaea, 36: 369. 1869-70. 
REFLEXED CyprEkus, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,572. Britt. and Brown, TI]. Fl. 1: 244. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Missouri, and North Carolina, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast plain. Rocky hillsides. Dekalb County, 
Lookout Mountain, Mentone; frequent. Alpine Mountain near Renfroe, 1,500 feet. 
October. Mobile County, border of river marshes along the L. & N. R. R. track. 
September 18, Adventive. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘ Missouri.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus retrofractus (L.) Torr.in Gray, Man.519. 1848, RouGH CypErus. 
Scirpus retrofractus L. Sp. Pl.1:50. 1753. 
Mariseus retrofractus Vahl, Enum, 2: 375. 1806. 
El. Sk.1:74. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 572, Chap. Fl. 511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 466. 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt to Mountain region. Dry sterile openings, borders of 
woods. Cullman County, 800 feet, Autanga County, Prattville. Mobile County, 
Springhill. Baldwin County. Not infrequent. October, November. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv, Herb, Mohr. 
