SEDGES. 401 
Fimbristylis autumnalis (I..) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:97. 1817. 
SLENDER FIMBRISTYLIS. 
Scirpus autumnalis L. Mant. 2:280. 1771. 
S. mucronulatus Michx, Fl. Bor, Am.1:51. 1803. 
EL Sk.1:82. Gray, Man, ed.6,578. Chap. Fl. 522. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:470. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, New England to southern Michigan, south to 
Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and from New York to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State, inlow ground, August to October; abundant. 
Annual, 
Type locality not ascertained; Roemer & Schultes’ locality: ‘(In Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, Jamaica.” 
Herb, Geol, Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
STENOPHYLLUS Lal. Neogen, 4. 1825, 
About 20 species, in subtropical and tropical regions, North America, 5 mostly 
Southern. 
Stenophyllus stenophyllus (Ell.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:30. 1894, 
TUFTED STENOPHYLLUS, 
Scirpus stenophyllus Ell. Sk. 1:83. 1816, 
Stenophyllus caespitosus Raf, Neowen. 4. 1825. 
Isolepis stenophyllus Torr. Ann, Lye. N.Y. 32353. 1X36, 
El. Sk. 2:83. Chap. 1.523. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp alluvial banks. Mobile County, Choctaw Bluff. 
September; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows in dry sandy soils. Around Beaufort [S.C.], common, 
James Island,” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Stenophyllus ciliatifolius (1].) Mohr, Bull Torr, Club, 24:22. 1897. 
FRINGED STENOPILYLLUS. 
Seirpus ciliatifolius KU. Sk. 1:82. 1816. 
Isolepis ciliatifolia Torr. Ann. Lye. N. ¥.3:352, 1836, 
Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:30. 1894. In part. 
El. S8k.1:82. Chap. F1.523. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 572. 
TROPICAL AFRICA, ASIA, WEST INDIES, MEXICO 'TO BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry sandy fields. Mobile County, 
Springhill. Baldwin County, Daphne. September to October; frequent. Annual. 
Stems setaceous, rigid, a foot and over in length; umbel, many-rayed; bracts 
short, achene finely pitted in longitudinal rows. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in damp soils. Two miles from Beaufort [S.C.], near the 
main road.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:30, 1894. In part. 
HAIRLIKE STENOPHYLLUS. 
Scirpus capillaris L. Sp. Pl.1:49. 17538.) In part. 
Isolepis capillaris Roem. & Schult. Syst.2:18. 1817. 
Fimbristylis capillaris Gray, Man. 530, 1848, 
Gray, Man. ed.6, 578. Chap, Fl. 522. Wats. Bot. Calif, 2:236. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2:470. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan and Minnesota, 
and south along the mountains to Tennessee and Florida (Chapman); west to 
Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and the Pacific. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, exposed rocky places. Clay County, Chewahaw 
range, Baldrock, 2,200 feet, in crevices. July 30 (C, Mohr and E. A, Smith), 
Grows in tufts, from 2 to 6 inches high; copious. Ditters from the last, with 
which it was united by Dr, Britton, by the low habit of its growth and decided 
northern range of distribution. The characters are as follows: 
Stem capillary, weak, 2 to 4, rarely 6, inches long, as long as or scarcely double 
the length of the leaves; umbel simple with 2 or rarely more sessile or short-stalked 
spikelets, bracts capillary short or clongated, achene less tumid at the top; seen 
under the lens, with sharp transverse wrinkles. 
Type locality: ‘* Hab. in Virginia, Aethiopia, Zeylona.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
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