SEDGES. 401 



Pimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roem. iV Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 :97. 1817. 



Slender Fimbristylis. 



Scityus autumnalis L. Maut. 2 : 280. 1771. 



S. mucromdatusMich:K. P"l. Bor. Am. 1 : 31. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:82. Grav, Mau. ed. G, 578. Chap. Fl. 522. Coulter, Coiitr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 470. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Xevr Eugland to southern Michigan, south to 

 Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and from New York to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Throughout the State, in low ground. August to October; abundant. 

 Annual, 



Type locality not ascertained; Roemer tfe Schultes' locality : "In Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, Jamaica." 



Herb. Geo]. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STENOPHYLLUS Raf. Neogen.4. 1825. 



Abont 20 species, in subtropical and tropical regions, North America, 5 mostly 

 Southern. 



Stenophyllus stenophyllus (Ell.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 30. 1894. 



Tufted Stenophyllus. 



Schyiis stenophyllus Ell. Sk. 1 : 83. 1816. 



Ste)W})hyU>is caespiiosus Raf. Neogen.4. 1825. 



iKohpis'sienopInillHs Torr. Ann. Lye N. Yi 3 : 353. 183G. 



Ell. Sk. 1:83. Chap. Fl. .523. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and west to I^ouisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Damp alluvial banks. Mobile County, Choctaw Bluff. 

 September; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "Grows in dry sandy soils. Around Beaufort [S. C], common. 

 James Island." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Stenophyllus ciliatifolius (Ell.) Mohr, Bull Torr. Club, 24:22. 1897. 



Fringed Stenophyllus. 



Scirpus ciliatifolius Ell. Sk. 1 : 82. 1816. 



Isolepis cilialifolia Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 352. 183ii. 



StenophiiUus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 30. 1804. In part. 



Ell. Sk.l:82. Chap. Fl. 523. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 572. 



Tropical Africa, Asia, West Indies, Mexico to Brazil. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry sandy fields. Mobile County, 

 Springhill. Baldwin County, Daphne. September to October; frequent. Annual. 



Stems setaceous, rigid, a foot and over in length; umbel, many-rayed; bracts 

 short, achene tiuelj' pitted in longitudinal rows. 



Type locality: " Grows in damp soils. Two miles from Beaufort [S. C], near the 

 main road." 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 30. 1894. In part. 



Hairlike Stenophyllus. 



Scirpus capillaris L. Sp. PI. 1 : 49. 1753. In part. 



Isolepis capillaris Roem. & Scliult. Syst, 2 : 18. 1817. 



Fimbristi/lis capillaris Gray, Mau. 530. 1848. 



Gray, M'an.ed.6, 578. Chap. Fl. 522. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:236. Coulter. Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2:470. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan and Minnesota, 

 and south along the mountains to Tennessee and Florida (Chapman); west to 

 Arkansas, ^Missouri, Texas, and the Pacific. 



Alabama: Mount.ain region, exposed rocky places. Clay County, Chewahaw 

 range, Baldrock, 2,200 feet, in crevices. July 30 {C. Mohr and E. A. Smith). 



Grows in tufts, from 2 to 6 inches high; copious. Differs from the last, with 

 which it was united by Dr. Britton, by the low habit of its growth and decided 

 northern range of distribution. The characters are as follows: 



Stem capillary, weak, 2 to 4, rarely G, inches long, as long as or scarcely double 

 the length of the leaves; umbel simple with 2 or rarely more sessile or short-stalked 

 spikclets, bracts capilhiry short or elongated, achene less tumid at the top; seen 

 under the lens, with sharp transverse wrinkles. 



Type locality: " Hab. in \'irginia, Aethiopia, Zeyloua." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 



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