398 I'LANT LIKE OK ALABAMA. 



Alahama : Tt'iinosHeo Viilloy to tb<i CoaHt i)l;iiii. S|iriii<iy and mii<l(ly places. Lee 

 County, Auburn (luiLir .y- Earle). Lawrenct^ County, Moultoii. Cullm.iu County, 

 WOfi'otaltituili'. luscalooRa, St. Clair, Washington, and Mobile counties. Klowors 

 .hiiie, .hily : coninion. Annual. 



yjn'cinious IroMi Auburn ajiproai-h by the broad baso of tin- low tultercln E. engvl- 

 mauiii Stoud. 



Type Ioi;ility not ascertained ; in Roourt vV Scbultcs: "In iialndosis limosiH bumi- 

 dis, u<|ui8 stajjuantibns, I'cnsylvaniat-.'' 



llorb. Gi'ol. Surv. liorb. Midir. 



Eleocharis montana (H. H. K.) Koeni. &, Schult. Syst. A'ig. 2 : 153. 1817. 



Glossy .Spikk-bush. 



ScirpuK hioiitauiiH H. 15. K. Nov. (ion. ot Sp. 1 : 22(1. 1815. 



Ehocliarix (louihii/aini Kunth, ihinui. 2 : 1 1'l. 1SH7. 



T'. iirvnicoUi Torr. ; Knj^tdni. A:, (irav, I>ost. .lourn. Nat. Iliet. 5 :237. 1817. 



Chap. Fl. 51(>. Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 1(5'J. Wats. Hot. Calif. 2 : 222. 



Mexico, Sol'th A.mkkica. 



Louisiauian area. South Carolina to Morida, \v(38t to western Ttixas, ;ind southern 

 California. 



.Vlabama: Coast plain. Miry borders of niarshe.s. M(diilo County, river 8\vaiui)s 

 lu'ar Three-mile Creek, h'hizonia dark brown, wiry, lon{;;-crc('pin<^. Flowers in 

 June. In the open forminj,^ larj^e ]>atches of bright glossy green. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Crescit in nioute Quiudiu, alt. 1600 hex." 



Herb. (Jeol. Siirv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis palustris (L.) Koem. &, Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 151. 1817. 



Creeping Spike-rl'sm. 



Scirpua palustris L. Sp. PI. 1 : 47. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 77. Gray, Man. ed. (i, .575. Chap. Fl. 518. 



EuKOPK, Asia, Malay Auchipklago, Australasia. 



Boreal region to Louisianiau area. Throughout North America from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacilic. 



Form with slender, almost filiform, glaucescent culms. 



Alauama: So far observed only in the marshes of the Mobile River, where it is 

 foiuul in abundance. May, .June. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae fossis et inundatis." 



Herb. (4eol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis acicularis (L. ) Roeni. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 154. 1817. 



Nkkdle Spike-kush. 



Scirpus acicularis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 48. 1753. 



S. trichodes Muhl. Gram. 30. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1:76. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 576. Chap. Fl. .518. W:its. Hot. Calif. 2 : 221. Coul- 

 ter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 468. 



Europe, Asia, North Amkrica, Mexico. 



Canadian to Louisianiau area. From Nova Scotia and Quebec to the (Julf, and 

 across the continent; from P.ritish Colnml)ia to southern California. 



ALAHA^L\ : Throujjjhout the State, in swampy places; common. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europa sub aquis purioribus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis chaetaria Roem. «.t Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 154. 1817. 



Fkw-flowered Spike-rush. 



Scirpus rhactarius 8\)Teug. Piigill. 1:4. 1813. 



Helcocharit trijiora Hoeckl. Flora, 63 : 137. 1880. 



West Indies, Mexico, Guatemala, East Ixdies. 



Louisianiau area. 



Alabama: Coast j)lain. Springy places in sandy soil. Haldwin County, Dapliue, 

 Augu.st 16. Copiously about the spring. Only locality know n in the United States. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained; locality of Roemer & Schultes : "In graminosis 

 humidiusculis Calcutae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis tortilis (Link) Schult. Mant. 2:92. 1824. Twlsted Spike-rush. 



Sciiyus tortilis I>ink, .Jahrb. 3 : 78. 1820. 



S. simplex Ell. Sk. 1 : 76. 1816. 



Eleocharis simplex Torr. Ann. Lye N. V. 3 : 306. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 1:76. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. Fl. 516. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:468. 



