SEDGES. 411 
ALABAMA: Littoral region, brackish marshes. Baldwin County, Bayou La Launch, 
June, July; rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in spongiosis Pennsylvaniae, floret Julio.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cladium effusum (Sw.) Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3: 374. 1836. Saw GRASS. 
Schoenus effusus Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Oce. 19. 1788. 
Ell. Sk.l.e. Chap. F1530, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 476. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida, west to southwestern Texas and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Littoral belt. Deep marshes, fresh or brackish. Mobile 
County, river swamps. Baldwin County, Bon Secour, saline marshes. July, 
August; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: West Indian. Torrey’s locality: ‘ Ponds and fresh marshes. Wil- 
mington and Newbern, N. C., Mr. Curtis! §° Mr. Croom!; South Carolina, IUiott; 
New Orleans and Texas, T. Drummond.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SCLERIA Berg. Kongl. Acad. Sy. Hand. 26:142,t.4,f.5. 1765.! Nur Rust. 
About 100 species, perennials, of warmer temperate and tropical regions. 
Scleria triglomerata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 168. 1805. Tati Nur Rusu. 
Ell. Sk.2:558. Gray, Man. ed. 6,586. Chap. FI. 531, 
BRAZIL. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Ontario; New England (Massachusetts), west 
to Michigan and Minnesota, south to New Jersey, the Carolinas, Florida, Arkansas, 
Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky. 
ALABAMA: Over the State, open woods, in light soil, June, July; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria oligantha Mich. Fl, Bor. Am. 2:167. 1803. FEW-FLOWERED NUT RUSH. 
EI. Sk. 2:557. Gray, Man. ed. 6,587. Chap, FL 531. Coulter, Contr, Herb. 2: 476, 
CuBA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Central Pine belt. Dry copses. Lee County, Auburn 
(Baker §° Farle, 582), ‘Tuscaloosa County (/. A. Smith). May; rare. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in pratensibus sylvaticis Carolinac.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria torreyana Walp. Ann. 3: 696, 1852-53. Torkiy’s Nur RUSIL 
Scleria reticularis Muhl. Gram, 266. 1817, Not Michx. 
Ss. lava Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:376, 1836. Not R. Br. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,587. Chap. FI. 531; ed. 3,559. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 476. 
CuBA, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, PERU. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jerscy to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low wet pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
Aucust, September; not infrequent, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria ciliata Michx. Fl. Am. 2: 167. 1803. SouTHERN Nuv Rusu, 
Ell. Sk. 2:559. Chap. FI. 531. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower Pine belt and Coast plain. Dry pine bar- 
rens, Lee County, Auburn (Baker & Earle, 580). Mobile County, Grand Bay, Spring- 
hill. June to August. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria elliottii Chap. F1.531. 1860. Enuiorrs Nur RusuH. 
Scleria hirtella var. strigosa Ell. Sk, 2560. 1821-24. 
CUBA. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana, 
N. L. Britton, Revision of the North American species of the genus Seleria, Ann, 
N.Y, Acad, Sci. vol. 3, pp. 228 to 237. 1889, 
