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CUBA, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Coast of New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pineregion. Coast plain. Shallow pine-barren swamps. Mobile 
County. July to October; abundant, 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Americae septentrionalis paludibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eriocaulon compressum Lam. Encycl. 3: 276. 1789, FLATTENED PIPEWORT. 
Eriocaulon gnaphalodes Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 165. 1803. 
El. Sk. 2:565. Gray, Man. ed. 6,567, Chap. FI. 508, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. « 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Boggy swamps, muddy ditches in 
the pine barrens. Abundant in the Coast plain. May to October. 
Type locality: “Cette plante croit dans la Caroline méridionale.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
LACHNOCAULON Kunth, Enum. 3: 497. 1841. 
Four species, southeastern North America. Perennials. 
Lachnocaulon anceps (Walt.) Morong, Bull. Torr. Club, 18: 360. 1891. 
Hairy PIPEWoORT, 
Eriocaulon anceps Walt. Fl. Car. 83. 1788. 
E. villosum Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 2: 166, 1803. 
Lachnocaulon michauzrii Kunth, Enum, 3:497. 1841. 
El. Sk. 2:566. Gray, Man. ed. 6,567. Chap. FL. 504. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Sandy close soil. Southern Virginia to Florida, 
west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the Coast Pine belt. Most frequent in the Coast plain, 
Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin counties. March to June. 
Flowers white. Common, 
Type locality: “ South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lachnocaulon glabrum Koernicke, Linnaea, 27: 568, 1854. SmMooTH PIPEWORT. 
Chap. FI. 504, 
Lonisianian area. Florida. 
ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Sandy shore of West Fowl River, Only locality. 
April 20. 1868. Rare, 
Type locality: ‘America borealis: Florida attul, Cabanis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
DUPATYA Vell. Fl. Plum. 35, no, 42, 1825. 
(PAEPALANTHUS Mart. Nov. Act. Caes, 18:13, 1833-1835. ) 
About 215 species, South America; mostly Brazil. Perennials. 
Dupatya flavidula (Michx.) Kuntze, Rev, Gen. Pl. 2: 745. 1891, YELLOW DUPATIA, 
Eriocaulon flavidulum Michx, Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 166, 1803. 
Paepalanthus flavidulus Kunth, Enum, 3:532. 1841, 
Ell. Sk. 2:566. Chap. FI. 508. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, 
ALABAMA: Littoral region, Damp sandy pine barrens. Baldwin County, Jose- 
phine, in wet sand forming dense tufts, Flowers yellowish, appearing in June 
and July. Infrequent. - 
Type locality: ‘* Hab, in Carolina.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BROMELIACEAE. 
TILLANDSIA L. Sp. P11: 286. 1753. 
About 120 species, perennials. Epiphytes, mostly in subtropical and tropical 
America; southeastern North America, 1. 
Tillandsia usneoides L. Sp. Pl.ed.2,1:411. 1762. Moss. Spanisi Moss. 
Ell. Sk.1:379. Gray, Man.ed.6,511. Chap. Fl. 472. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 
2:426. Griseb. Fl. Br, W. Ind. 598, 
