4()(^ PLANT LIFK OF ALABAMA. 



Alabama: Tonn<>88oo Valley. Warrior talile-laml to Centnil Pino lult. Marshy 

 jilaces. LautU'rdalo Coiinty, in tho l)arr«!is. (iillinaii County. Tuscaloosa County 

 i l\. A. Sniilli). .Inly; not ran*. I'ori'iiiiial. 



Tyjio locality : " ilal>. in Ain(>rica boreali." 



Horli. (k'ol. Siir\ . Ih^rli. Molir. 



DICHROMENA Mi.hx. Fl. 15or. Am. liiiT. 1803. 



Over ii (lo/t'ii sni'cics. Trojiieal and subtropical America. Perennial. 



Dicluomena coiorata (L.) A. S. Hitchcock, Kep. Mo. Rot. Ganl. 4 : 141. 18!»:?. 



Narkow-i.kai' Dicukomkna. 



Schocnns coloratiia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 43. 1753. 



Scirpns crphalot(nWi\]t.V\A'a,r.ll. 178H. 



Dkliromena leitcocephala Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 37. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:89. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 577. Chap. Fl. .530. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 4611. 



liKUML'DA, West Indies, Southern Mexico to IIka/ii.. 



Carolinian and I^ouisianian areas. Southern New Jersey to Florida, and west to 

 Texas. 



Alahama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Coast i)lain. Damp o|)«n grassy 

 plaees. Jackson County, Scottsboro (A'. J. Smith). Cullman, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile 

 counties. .July, August; frequent. 



Tyjie Lxality: "Hab. in Jamaica, Bahama." 



Herl). ( ;eol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Dichromena latifolia BaUhv.; F^ll. Sk. 1:90. 1817. Broad-i.kaf Dichromena. 



Gray. Man. ed. 0, 577. Chap. Fl. 530. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 469. 



Louisianian area. Southirn Virginia, North Carolina to Florida, and west to 

 eastern Texas. 



Ai.ai'.ama: Coasti)lain. Lower Pine region. ( >pen swamjis. Washington County, 

 Yellowpine. Mobile County. July to August ; common. 



Type locality: "Mcintosh County, Ga., and in Florida.' 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



riMBRISTYLIS Vahl, Kuum. 2 : 285. 180tj. 



Fimbristylis spadicea (L.) Vahl, Enura. 2 :294. 18W;. Brown Ci.l'h-ru.sh. 



S(iri)iis spadiccits Tj. Sp. PI. 1 : 51. 1753. 



Chap. Fl. 521, in part. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 372. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 470. 



West Ini)1e.s, Mexico, South to Bkazii.. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida to Texas. 



Alabama: Littoral belt, brackish and salt marshes. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 

 ties. July to September. I'erennial. 



In some localities forming a large part of the glumaeeous vegetation of the brack- 

 ish and salt marshes. 



Typo locality: "Hab. in ,Jamai<ae fluyiis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl, Enum. 2 : 289. 180fi. 



PUUKIMLKNT ClAin RUSH. 



Scirpiisjniherulus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 31. 1803. 



S. iWrufiineus Ell. Sk. 1 : 85. 181(5. 



Fimhrhtylin spadicea Miv. pnhcriiln Cha]). Fl. 522. 



Ell. 1. c. Chap. 1. c. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 572. 



From Southeastern North America to Argentina. 



Louisianian area. Carolin;i, Florida, and Mis8is8ii)pi. 



Alabama: Coast ]dain and Littoral region. Low flat pine barrens and salt 

 marshes. Mobile County, Fowl River Station, flat pine woods in close damp soil. 

 Baldwin County, salt marshes overflowed by tbe tide. April to July; frequent. 

 Perennial. 



Widely diftering in the habit of growth and distribution, this plant can not be 

 connected, with the last. Growing under the most varying conditions of soil, in 

 the salty marshes on the seashore as well as in the dry pine ))arreiis of the coast 

 region farther inland, it is found without the slightest deviation in its characters. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Carolina et Georgia." 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



