406 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Rynchospora corniculata (Lam.) Gray, Ann. Lye. N. ¥Y.3:205. 1835-36. 
LARGE HorRNED RusH. 
Schoenus corniculatus Lam. Tabl. Eneyel. 1: 187. 1791. 
Rynchospora longirostris Ell, Sk.1:59. 1816. 
Ell. le. Gray, Man. ed. 6,586. Chap. F1.528. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:473, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North 
Carolina to Florida, eastern Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast piain. Wet sandy ground, ditches, marshes. 
Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Clarke, Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin counties, July 
to September; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘°K Florida, Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora pusilla Chap.; M. A. Curtis, Am. Journ, Sei. ser. 2,7: 409. 1849. 
HUMBLE BEAKED RusH, 
RKynchospora intermixta Sauv. Fl. Cub. 184, 1873. 
Chap. Fl. 528; ed. 3,556. Coulter, Conti. Nat. Herb, 2:474.  Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. 
Ind. 576, 
CUBA. 
Louisianian area. Florida and Alabama to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp flat pine barrens. Mobile County, Portersville. 
August, September; rare. 
Type locality (in Chapman’s Flora): ‘ Margin of pine-barren ponds, middle and 
west | lorida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora divergens Chap.; M. A. Curtis, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2,7:409. 1849. 
DIVERGENT BEAKED Rust, 
Rynchospora lamprosperma Sauv. Fl. Cub, 184. 1873. 
Chap. F1,528; ed. 3, 556. 
West INDIEs. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp pine barrens. Mobile County. June to August; 
frequent. 
Type locality: ‘ This plant was sent me a year or two since from the Santee by 
Mr. Ravenel.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Rynchospora chapmanii M. A. Curtis, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2,7: 409. 1849, 
CHAPMAN’s BEAKED Rusu. 
Chap. FL 528; ed. 3, 556, 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Flat damp pine barrens. Mobile County, Bayou La 
Batre. July to September. Abundant. 
Type locality: “ Wilmington, N.C. I have received this from the Santee (Ravenel) ; 
and also from Dr. Chapman of Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Tlerb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora oligantha Gray, Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:212. 1835. 
FPEW-FLOWERED BEAKED RUSH. 
Chap. Fl. 524, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 474. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida and Texas 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Lower Pine region. Low open pine barrens. Mobile 
County. May, June; not common. 
Type locality: “Fayetteville, N.C. Schweinitz *  * “; near Wilmington, N.C., 
Mr. Curtis.” . 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora plumosa Ell. Sk.1:58. 1816. PLUMOSE BEAKED Rusu, 
Rynchospora penniseta Griseb, Cat. PI. Cub. 244. 1866. 
EM. Sk.le. Chap. F1.524. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:474. 
CUBA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to castern 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low open pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties, 
June, July; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in dry pine barrens. Common around Beaufort. Near St. 
Mary’s—Dr. Baldwin.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
