396 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Kyllinga odorata Vahl, Enum. 2:32. 1806. FRAGRANT KYLLINGA, 
Kyllinga sesquiflora Torr, Ann, Lye. N. Y. 32287. 1836. 
Chap. FI.5:2. 
Louisianian area, Middle Florida to Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain to Central Pine belt. Close sandy soil, exposed banks, 
pastures. Most frequent in the low pine barrens of the Coast plain. Autauga County, 
Prattville (f£. A. Smith), Montgomery, Mobile, and Baldwin counties, July to 
August. Plant fragrant. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in America meridionali. vy. Rohr, Richard.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
DULICHIUM Pers, Syn. 1:65. 1805, 
One species, Eastern North America, 
Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:29, 1894, 
Cyperus arundinaceus L. Sp. Pl. 1:44. 1758. 
C. spathaceus L. Syst.ed. 12,2: 735. 1767. 
Scirpus spathaceus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:32. 1803. 
Dulichium spathaceum Pers. Syn. 1:65. 1805. 
Ell, Sk. 1:84, Gray, Man. ed, 6, 573. Chap. Fl. 518. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 467, 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario to the Pacific; Van- 
couver Island; New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Texas, and 
from the Ohio to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Marshy woods, Cullman, Montgomery, and Mobile 
counties, July to August; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in Virginia,” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
ELEOCHARIS R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov, Holl. 1: 221. 1810.' 
Over 80 species, mostly perennials of tropical and warmer zones, few boreal. North 
America, 36. Endemic, 22. 
Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. Aun. Lye. N. Y.3: 298. 1836. CELLULAR SPIKE-RUSH, 
Scirpus dictyospermus Wright in Sauv. Fl. Cub. 174. 1868, 
Chap. F'1.515. Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb, 2: 467, 
BaHamas, Cupa, Mexico. 
Louisianian area, Florida to western Texas, 
ALABAMA: Shallow, miry ponds. Mobile County, Dog River. July to September ; 
rare. 
Type locality: ‘Wet, sandy marshes. Bay St. Louis [Miss.], Dr. Ingalls.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Vege. 2:148. 1817. 
KNOTTED SPIKE-RUSH. 
Scirpus interstinctus Vahl, Fnum. 2:251, 1806. 
S. equisetoides Fl. Sk. 1:79. 1816. 
Eleocharis equisetoides Torr, Ann. Lye, N. Y.3:296, 1836. 
EIL Sk. le. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. Fl. 514. Griseb. F 1. Brit. W. Ind. 571. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 467. 
Wrst INDIES, MEXICO. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Southern New England, west to Michigan, south 
to North Carolina; Florida to western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shallow ponds. Mobile County, Kelly’s pond. sSub- 
merged banks of Mobile River. Not infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Caribaeis. Martfelt.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Sehult. Syst. Veg. 2:155, 1817. 
QUADRANGULAR SPIKE-RUSH., 
Scirpus mutatus lL. Amoen. Acad. 5:391. 1760. 
S. quadrangulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:30. 1803. 
Eleocharis quadrangulata Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:155. 1817, 
EM. Sk.1:78. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. F1.515. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 571. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 467. 
'N. L. Britton, Genus Eleocharis in North America, Journ, N.Y. Micros. Soc., vol. 5, 
pp. 95 to 111. 1889, 
