SEDGES. 395 



Cypeiuslancastriensis Porter; (Jray, Man. ed. 5, o'lS. 1S67. Lancaster Cyperus. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 572. Chap. Fl. Siippl. 659. 



Carolinian and Lonisianiau areas. New Jersey and Peiinsylvauia. 



Alabama : Central and Lower Pine region, open copses. Tuscaloosa County (Zi\ A. 

 Smith). Mobile County, Springhill. October; rare. Perenniiil. 



Type locality : "Rich soil, banks of the Susquehanna near Lancaster, Peuu., Prof. 

 Porter." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus filiculmis Vahl, Enum. 2 : 328. 1816. Slender Cypehus. 



Cyperus mariscoides Ell. Sk. 1 : 67. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 570. Chap. Fl. 511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 466. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, Illinois, and Tennessee; south to Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 



Alabama : Central Pine belt to Coast plain. In dry pine barrens. Bibb County. 

 Escambia County, Flomaton. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July to August; fre- 

 quent. Perennial. 



Type locality : ''Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus martindalei Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 98. 



Martindale's CY'PKRITS. 

 Louisianian area. Western Florida. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain, arid sandy places. Mobile County, 

 Langdon's Station, Citrouelle, Chastangs Bhift". June, July; not infrecjuent. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : "Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus echinatus (Ell.) Wood, Classbook, 734. 1863. Baldwin's Cyperits. 



Mariseus echinatus Ell. Sk. 1 : 75, t. 3, f. 1. 1816. 



Cyperus baldwinii Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 270. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 75. Chap. Fl. 511. 'Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 466. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, 

 Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



Alabama: From the Coast Plain to Central Pine belt. Cultivated and waste 

 places. Mobile, Baldwin, and Montgomery counties. Autauga County, Prattville. 

 September to October; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Grows in cultivated land. Very common. [South Carolina, 

 Georgia.]" 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



KYLLING-A Rottb. Descr. et Icon. 12, t. 4, f. 3, 4. 1773. 



About 30 to 40 species, of the warmer regions. Africa, North and South America, 

 Australia. 



Kyllinga pumila Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 28. 1803. Low Kyllin<;a. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 55. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 573. Chap. Fl. 512. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 466. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to Florida, 

 Texas, and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Low wet banks. Talladega County, Renfroe. Tusca- 

 loosa and Mobile counties. August to September; not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Shavauensium regione, ad amuem Scioto." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. Descr. &. Icon. 13,t.4,f. 3. 1773. 



Short-leaved Kyllin(;a. 



Eyilinga monocephaJa L. f. Supj)l. 104. 1781. In part. 



Eil. Sk.l:51. Chap, ri.ed.3,540. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 568. 



Rhizoma slender, creeping; culm erect, slender, 10 to 20 inches high; leaves linear, 

 flat, single, and much shorter than the stem; flowers in a single globose head; fertile 

 scale with a green serrulate keel conspicuously 7 to 9 nerved, oblong-lanceolatv, 

 recurved-mucronate; twice as long as the pale roundish achenium. Perennial. 



We.st Indies, Mexico to Brazil. 



Louisianian area. Coast of southern Georgia and Florida. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Damp open places, border of ditches. Mobile County. 

 October and November; not rare. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



