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Carex caroliniana Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1:67, .1824. CAROLINA SEDGE. 
Carex smithii Porter; Olney, Car. Bor. Am. 2, name only. 1871. Not Tauseh, 1821, 
C. triceps smithii Bailey, Bot. Gaz.13:88. 1888. 
Gray, Man, ed. 6,603, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 479. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Mississippi, 
Texas, and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp shady places, copses, borders 
of woods. Mobile County, April. Cullman County, Wileox County (Buckley). 
April; common; most abundant near the coast. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Carolina,” 
Herb. Gaol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Carex cherokeensis Schwein. Ann. Lyc.N. Y.1:71. 1824. CHEROKEE SEDGE. 
Carex recurra Muhl. Gram. 262. 1817. 
Schwein. & Torr, Ann. Lye. N.Y.1:369, 6.25, 0 7. Chap. P1542. Wats. Bot. Calif. 
2:248. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 480. 
‘arolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Florida to mountains of northwestern 
Georgia, west to Mississippi, Louisiana, central Texas, and California. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich damp forests. Montgomery County, Ala- 
bama River bottom. Henry and Franklin counties. Wilcox County (Buckley). May, 
June; frequent in the region. 
Type locality: “Cherokee.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex oblita Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 231. 1855. DARK GREEN SEDGE, 
Carex glabra Boott, H1,1:93. 1858, 
C.renusta glabra Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad, 22:105. 1886. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 604, as C. renusta minor Boeckl. Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl. 1: 321. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 
western Louisiana (Hale). 
ALABAMA: Mountain region and Coast plain. Grassy swamps along streams. 
Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County, Dog River, Lee County, Auburn 
(Baker § Karle, 534), 
Type locality: ‘Herb. Drummond, no. 434. New Orleans.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex debilis pubera Gray, Man. ed. 5,593. 1868. ELEGANT SEDGE, 
Carex vernusta Boott, 1.1251. 1858. 
Gray, Man, ed. 6, 604, 
Carolinianand Lonisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, Virginia south to North 
Carolina, eastern Louisiana, and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa County (2. A. Smith). May; rare. 
Type locality: Bear Meadows, Centre County, Penn., Prof. Porter.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex debilis prolixa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22:105. 1886. 
D1IFFUSE-FLOWERED SEDGE. 
Carex debilis var. Boott, 111.1:92, 1858, 
Chap. F154), in part. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 480, as C. debilis Michx. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast Pine belt. Swampy banks of pine-barren 
streams. Mobile County, Citronelle, Springhill, Baldwin County. April, May; 
not infrequent. 
Type locality: “ Florida, Chapman, to Louisiana, Drummond, Hale, Langlois.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex oxylepis Torr. & Hook.in Torr. Ann, Lye. N. Y.3:409, 1836. 
SHARP-SCALED SEDGE, 
Chap. FI.538. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 22479, 
Louisianian area, South Carolina, western Florida to Louisiana and Texas, 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region, Low open woods. Wilcox County (S. B, 
Buckley). Dallas County, near Uniontown. June; rare. 
Type locality: ‘Texas, 7. Drummond!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Carex amphibola Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 234. 1855. NARROW-LEAVED SEDGE. 
Carex qrisea angustifolia Boott, Wl. 1:34. 1858, 
C.cryptandra Schwein.; Olney in Hall’s P). Tex. 25. 1873. 
C. grisea var. (?) rigida Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1:56. 1889. 
