434 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Juncus repens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1:191. 1803. CREEPING Rush. 
Cephaloxys flabellata Desy. Journ. Bot, 1: 324, ¢.2. 1808. 
Ell. Sk.1:408. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 541. Chap. Fl. 496; ed. 3,523. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2: 450. 
CUBA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Muddy ditches and borders of swamps. Mobile County. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina et Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr 
Juncus torreyi Coville, Bull. Torr. Club. 22:303. 1895. 
LARGE-HEADED Rusti. 
Juncus nodosus var. megacephalus Torr. Fl. N, Y,2:326, 1843. 
J, meqgacephalus Wood, Bot. ed. 2, 774. 1861. Not Curtis, 1835. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,545, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:448. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 208. 
Britt. & Brown, I. Fl. 1: 392. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario west to Saskatchewan; New England 
to Minnesota, west to Colorado, California, Oregon south to Mississippi and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Central prairies, and Coast plain. Open prairies 
and pine forests, Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Karle). Montgomery County. Mobile 
County, Langdon’s Station. July; not frequent. 
Type locality not ascertained ; Wood’s locality: “Borders of streams and lakes, 
New York to Wisconsin, south to Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 2: 467. 1868, 
SHORT-FRUITED RusH. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 544. Chap. FL. ed. 3, 521. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 448. 
Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl. 1: 393. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southern Ontario, Kentucky, and Missouri, 
south to Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas, 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Open grassy places. Montgomery County. 
July; not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘In the Mississippi Valley from central Ohio, Michigan, and I]li- 
nois to Missouri! Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; also, if the locality 
is correctly reported, near Charleston, 8. C. 
Herb. Mohr. Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Juncus polycephalus Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 1:192. 1803. MANY-HEADED RusH. 
Juncus nodosus polycephalus Pers. Syn. 1: 384. 1805. 
J. scirpoides var. polycephalus forma minor Engelm. Trans. St, Louis Acad. 2: 468. 
1868. 
J. engelmanni Buchenau, Krit. Verz. June. 67. 1880, 
Ell. Sk. 1:409. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 545. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:447. Britt. 
& Brown, IL Fl. 1: 398. 
Louisianian area. Southern Virginia? and North Carolina to Florida, west to 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Border of pine-barren swamps, 
brooks, and ditches. Washington County, Yellowpine. Baldwin and Mobile 
counties, July, October; frequent. 
Type locality: “Hab, in Georgia et Carolina,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus scirpoides Lam. Encycl. 3: 267. 1789. PRICKLY-HEADED Rusu. 
Juncus polycephalus tenuifolius Michx. Fl. Bor, Aim. 1:193. 1803, 
J. echinatus EL. Sk.1:410. Not Muhl. 
J. macrostemon J.Gay; La Harpe, Monogr. June. 140. 1825. 
J. scirpoides var. macrostemon Engel. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:467. 1868, 
J. scirpoides genwinus Buchenau, Monogr. June. 323. 1890, 
Ell. Sk.1:410. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 545. Chap. Fl. 494. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 448, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England to Florida, west to Texas and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine region to Coast plain. Miry places, ditches. ‘Tuscaloosa 
County (HL. A, Smith), Bibb, Washington, and Mobile counties, June, July; common, 
Type locality: “Cette plante croit dans la Caroline méridionale, d’oii elle a été rap- 
portée par M. lraser.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
