390 PLANT LIFE OF ALAI5AMA. 



CYPERACEAE. Sedge Family. 



CYPERUS I,. Sp. ri. 1 : II. IT.'.a.' 



Over 500 sppoies, mostly in tlie IropifMl anil warnmr tcniperat*^ zonos. North 

 AnHTJca, iiuhMnic", alioiit •>(); Atlantit', i\; Western Continental, II; I'aeirM-, ti. 

 Largely Southern. 



Cypei-iis flavesceus li. Sj). I'l. 1 : 46. 1753. Ykli.ow isit Cypkims. 



(iray, Man. ed. tl, 56!t. Chap. Fl. 505. Conltor, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : lt!0. 



.ScH'Tii EuRori:. West Asia, North Akkua, Mkxko, J{ka/.ii,. 



Alleji^heniau to Loiiisiauiau aiea. From New Knyland west to Mi<hlfian, sonth 

 to Florida aud Texas. 



Alabama: Tennessee A'alley and Central Prairie region. Danij) banks of water 

 courses. Lauderdale County. Clay County, banks Talladega Creek. Montgomery 

 County. Autauga County, Prattville. Tuscaloosa County, Vances Station (E. .1. 

 Smith). July to August: not rare. 



Tyi)e locality : " llab. in (iernumiae, Helvetiae, Galliae paludosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus diandrus Torr. Cat. PI. N. Y. 90. 1819. Low Cyperi's. 



tiray, Man. ed. G, .509. Cha]!. Fl. .lOfl. Coulter, Contr. Nat. TTerb. 2 : 4t;0. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. New IJrunswiik, Ontario; New Fngland west 

 to Michigan. Missouri, and Nebraska: south from southern New York to Florida and 

 Texas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to coast. MobileCouuty. Low grassy banks. August; 

 infrequent. 



Typo locality : "Growing in salt marshes. - • <• j^ot uncommon in Hoboken 

 meadows, generally in overtlowed situations.' 



llerl). Geol. 8urv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus nuttallii Fddy in Spreng. Neue Entdeck. 1 : 240. 1820. 



NUTTALL'S CY'PERI'S. 



Cyperus caespitonus Torr. Cat. PI. N. Y. 89. 1819. Not Poir. 



C. torreijanuH Hchult. Mant. 2 : 101. 1824. 



Ell.Sk. 1:67. under Cthircscenn. (iray, Man. ed. 6, 569. Chap. Fl. 506. 



('arolinian and Jjouisiauian areas. Southeasttirn New P^ngland along the coast to 

 Florida and Avest to Mississippi and Arizona. 



Alabama: Coast plain and Littoral belt. Low sandy fields and brackish or 

 saline marshes. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Baldwin County, eastern shore 

 IMobile Bay, August to October ; freiinent. 



Typo locality not ascertained; Torrey's locality: ''Grows on the borders of salt 

 marshes, and is particularly plentiful on tin- banks of ditches in Hoboken meadows." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus microdontus Torr. Ann. Lye, N. Y. 3 : 2.55. 1836. Coa.st Cypekus. 



Cypcrim tej-cimix Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 0. 1854, 

 Gray, Man. ed, 6. .569. Chap. Fl. tOG. Coulter, (;ontr. Nat, Herb, 2 : 461, 



Mexico, 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Southern \'irginia, through the low country 

 to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Springy places, wet sandy soil. Mobile County. Bald- 

 win County, Point Clear. .July to Si'pteuiber; frei^uent. Annual. 



Tyi)e locality: •'Salem, N.C. Scliwc'uiil::." 



Cyperus compressus L, Sp, IT. 1 : 46. 1753. Flat Cyperus. 



Ell, Sk. 1:65. Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 570. Chap, Fl, 510, Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 461. Griseb. Fl. Brit. \V. Ind. 562. 



We.st Indies, Mexico to Brazil. Tropical Africa, Asia. 



Louisianiau area. Southern Maryland along the coast to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alaba:ma: Lower Pine region. Coast ])lain. miry places, ditches, low cultivated 

 ground. Escambia County, Flomaton. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July to 

 August; commou. Annual. 



Type locality : '• Hab. in Americac septentrionalis pratis arenosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



'N. L. Britton, Preliminary List of North American Species of Cyperus, Bull. Torr. 

 Club, vol. 13, pp. 205 to 216. 



