'M)(\ PLANT MKK <»K A I, A MAMA. 



Kylliiiga odorata \ alil. I'.iniiii. 2 :382. 180(>. FuA<;KANr KYi.LiNr.A. 



l<)llUn<ia ,s< s./"'"'"" '''">•>■• Ann. Lvc N. Y. 3 : '-'S7. IS.Sti. 



( iia)).'!"!..-) L'. 



Li>ui.si;mi:iii :iirji. Mi(Ull«i Floridii to Aljihaiiia, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 



Ai.amama: Coast ])lain to Central Tine Ix'lt. Closo sandy soil, exposed banks, 

 pasturts. Most Ireiiiient in tlm low ]>in(( barrens oltlie Coast i>lain. Autauga County, 

 rruttvilki {E. A. Smith). Montgoiuery, Moldle, and Halilwiii counlie.s. .Inly to 

 August. I'lant fragrant. IVrennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America nieridionali. v. IJobr. Ivichanl."' 



Herb. (Jeol. Smv. Herb. Molir. 



DUIilCHIUM I'.rs. rtyn.l:(ir). 180.-). 



One species. l''.'istern North America. 

 Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Hritton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 2!t. 18!H. 



Ci/perns a7-ii>idi7iac(us L. Sp. PI. 1 : 44. 1753. 



C. sjxithaccii.s L. Syst. ed. 12, 2 : 735. 1767. 



Scirpun spothaceiis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 32. 1803. 



Dulichium spathaceitm Pers. -Syn. 1 : 05. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 1:84. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 573. Chap. Fl. 513. Coult.-r, Contr. .Nat. Herb. 

 2:467. 



Canadian zone to Lonisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario to the Pacific ; V an- 

 couver Island ; New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Texas, and 

 from the Ohio to Florida. 



Alabama: Over the State. Marshy woods. Cullman, Montgomery, and Mobile 

 counties. .Inly to August; freciuent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia.'' 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



ELEOCHARIS R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1 : 22L 1810,' 



Over 80 species, mostly perennials of tropical and warmer zones, few bore.il. Noitli 

 America, 36. ICndemic, 22. 



Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 298. 1836. Cellulau Si-ikk-kush. 



Scirpiis (Jictiiosperm)iH Wrisrht in Saiiv. Fl. Cub. 174. 1868. 



Chap. Fl. 515. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 467. 



Bahamas, Ciba, Mkxico. 



Louisianian area. Florida to western Texas. 



Alaba.ma: Shallow, miry ponds. Mobile County, Dog River. .July to Septemix-r ; 

 rare. 



Type locality : "Wet, sandy marshes. Bay St. Louis [Miss. ], Dr. Jnf/alln." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis interstincta ( Vahl) Roem. Sl Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 148. 1817. 



Knotted Spikk-hcsh. 



Scirptia interstinetus Yahl, Enum. 2 : 251. 1806. 



S. equiseioides Ell. Sk. 1 : 79. 1816. 



Eleoiharis einii.ietoides Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 296. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. Fl. 514. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 571. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 467. 



Wr.sT In'die.s, Mexico. 



Carolinian to Louisiani.in area. Southern New England, west to Michigan, south 

 to North Carolina ; Floi ida to western Texas. 



Alaham.v: Coast ]ilaiu. Shallow ])onds. Mobile County, Kelly's pond. Su]>- 

 merged banks of Mobile River. Not infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Caribaeis. MartJ'elt." 



Herb. GeoL Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis mutata (L. ) Roem. «& Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 155. 1817. 



Quadrangulak Spike-kush. 



Scirpus viuiatits Ij. Anioen. Acad. 5 : 391. 1760. 



S. quadraniiiilains Michx. l-'l. Hor. Am. 1 : 30. 1803. 



Ehovharis (/iiadranquhild Roem. A- Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 155. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1:78. Gniy, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. Fl. 515. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 571. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 467. 



' N. L. Britten, Genus Eleocharis in North America, Journ. N. Y. Micros. Soc, vol. 5, 

 pp. 95 to 111. 1889. 



