40 \ PLANT LIFK <)K ALABAMA. 



Alli .ilieniaii to Lonisiani;iii area. (,>iiil)(r ; New Kntilaml tn MiinicHola. Kansas, 

 Illiiuiis, ami soiitli Irdiii N<\v York to I'loiiila. 



Ai.AliAM.v: Coast ]ilaiii. I)t«c]) inarslu-s. Moliili- ( '«iiiiii\ , liaiiUs I'.ust I'owl liivir. 

 July; rare, rerennial. 



Typo locality: " Coiuiiioii in tlio wrstnii parts of tim Stale of New York, I'r. 

 (Irnji.'; on tlio Missonri abovo St. Louis, /'/•. JUildwiii!" 



Ileilt. (icol. Siirv. 



Scirpus polyphyllus \ah\, l.nnni. 2 : l-'TI. IHOti. Lkaiy Hn.uisn. 



Scirpus vjaltaiua Pnrsb, I"l. Am. Sci)t. 1 : .">ti. 181 L 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 87, 88. Gray. Man. ed. t>, ."iHl'. CMiap. Y\. 520. 



Alleglieuian and Carolinian arca.s. Southern .New Kngland to .\nrlh Carolina. 



.\i,AiiAM.\: Mountain regi<ui. Grassj' swamps. Winston County, Colliers Creek, 

 l.litH) IV'ct. Auj^nst ; rare. I'erenuial. 



Ty])e locality : " llal>. in America Ixirealif" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Scirpus cyperiuus eriophoruni (Michx.) IJritton, Trans. X. Y. .\cail. 11 : S2. 1892. 



Wool, Grass. 



Scirpus eriophorum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 33. 1803. 



Eriophonim cypcrinuni var. la.nun Gray, Man. ed. 6, .582. 1860. 



Kll. Sk. 1 : m. Gray, Man. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 521. 



Alle<;heuian to Louisianiau area. New Brunswick and Ontario south to Florida 

 and along the Gulf to Louisiana. 



Ai,.\I5AMA : Central I'ine region to Coast plain. Cirassy swamps. Tuscaloosa, 

 Mobile, and Baldwin counties. .July to August; fre<|uent. rerennial. 



Tyi)e locality: '• llab. a Virginia ad Georgiani.' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Scirpus liueatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:32. 1803. liKi>i)isii Bui.uusii. 



Trichojihoruni lineatinii Pers. Syn. 1 : 69. 1805. 



Eriophorum lineatum I'enth. A: Hook. Gen. PI. 3 : 1052. 1883. 



Ell. Sk. 1:87. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 582. Chap. Fl. 521. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Kerb. 

 2 : 472. 



Alleghcninn to Louisianiau area. Ontario, New F^ngland west to Michigan, Min- 

 nesota, Kansas, and Missouri, south to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Tennessee A' alley to the coast. Most frequent in the Coast Pine belt. 

 Swampy banks of pine-barren streams. \Vashington C'ounty, Yellowpine. Mobile 

 and Baldwin counties. .luly, August ; not infreciucnt. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina.' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



FUIRENA Pottb. Descr. et Icon. 70, t. 10, f. ,?. 1773.' r:\ii!Ki:i.i,A Gra.ss. 



About 25 species. Perennial. Troi>ica] and warmer temj)erate America. Atlantic 

 North America, 6. 



Puirena scirpoidea Michx. 1"1. Bor. Am. 1 : 38, t. 7. 1803. 



Ilt:sn-LiKE Umbkkm.a Grass. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : .54. Chap. Fl. 514. 



Louisianiau area. Coast of Georgia and Florida to Louisiana. 



A LAB AM. \ : Littoral belt. Springy banks and brackish sandy swamps. I'.ald- 

 win County, eastern shore of Mobile ]5ay, Point Clear. Mobile County, West Fowl 

 River, Dauphin Islaiul. .luly to August; fre<iuent. 



Tyi>e locality: "Hab. iu paludosis aestate exsiccabilibus l''lori<lae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 1 lerb. Mohr. 



Puirena squarrosa breviseta Coville, lUill. Torr. Club. 17: 6. 1890. 



Squarrosk Fi;ii:i:na. 



Fitirena .s(/(/fl?vo.sY( Chap. H. 514. 1860. 



jP. siiitarrosa a- Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3:291. 1836. 



Coulter. Contr. Nat. HerVi. 2:473. 



Louisiauian area. Frcuu North Caif)liua to Florida ; west to Louisiana and eastern 

 Texas. 



Alabaafa : Coast plain. P.orders of grassy swamjis and ditches. Mobile County. 

 July; infrequent. 



'Frederick V. Coville, Revision of the United States species of Fuirena, Bull. 

 Torr. Club, vol. 17. pp. 1 to 8. 1890. 



