SEDGES. 409 



Rynchospora dodecandra Baldwin ; Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 :207. 1835-3(i. 



Large-fruited Beaked l^rsu. 



Ryncliospora megalocai-pa Gray, Ann. Lvc. N. Y. 3 : 208. 1835-36. 



Chap. Fl. 526. 



Louisianiau area. Coast of North Carolina and Florida to Mississipj)!. 



Alabama: Littoral belt. Arid loose sands, near the seashore. In the copses cov- 

 ering old dunes. Mobile County, Dauphin Islaud. Baldwin County, eastern shore 

 Mobile Bay, Perdido Bay. May, June; not infrequent. 



Type locality : '"Near the seashore, Fort George Island, east Florida, April, 1?<17.' 

 Dr.^BaMivin:' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora cymosa (Willd.) Ell. Sk. 1 :58. 1816. Wayside Beaked Rush. 



Schoeniis cifmosus Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 265. 1797. 



Ell. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 584. Chap. Fl. 524. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, New Jersey to Florida, 

 Texas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp light soil. Cullman County. 

 Lee County, Auburn (Baker Jf- Earle, 578). Washington County, Yellowpine. Bald- 

 win and Mobile counties; frequent. 



Type locality : •' Hab. in America borcali.'" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora cymosa globularis Chap. Fl. 525. 1860. 



Chap. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Low exsiccated places. Baldwin and Mobile counties. 

 May ; common. 



Type locality: "Low ground, Florida and northward." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora compressa Carey ; Chap. Fl. 525. 1860. Flat-fruited Beaked Rush. 



Eyncliospora cymosa compressa (Carey) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 11 : 91. 1892. 



Cuba. 



Louisianian area. Florida. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region, Coast Pine belt. Borders of ])on(ls. Wilcox 

 Connty {S. B. Buckley). Baldwin County, Wolfs Bayou. June; rare. 



Type locality: "Margins of pine-barren ponds, west Florida.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora torreyana Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 197. 1835-36. 



Torrey's Beaked Ru.sh. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 584. Chap. Fl. 524. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama : Coast Pine belt to the seashore. Grassy swamps, borders of pine-barren 

 ponds. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Washington County, Yellowpine. August, 

 September ; frequent. 



Type localitv : "Monmouth County, N. J., Torrey; also iu wet ground, near Quaker 

 Bridge, N. J," ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora rariflora (Michx.) Ell. Sk. 1:58. 1816. 



Sparsely-flowkred Beaked Rush. 



Schoenus rariflorns Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 35. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. .524. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama : Mountain region, Lower Metamorphic hills, Lower Pine region to Coast 

 plain. Boggy pine barrens. Lee County, Auburn (Baker <)'• Earle, 515). Mobile and 

 Baldwin counties. July to September ; abundant. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora microcarpa Baldwin; Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 202. 1835-36. 



Small-fruited Beaked Ru.sh. 



Chap. Fl. 525. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



Bahamas (Eggers). 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to eastern Texas. 



Alabama: Coast x>lain. Borders of pine-barren ponds, ditches. Mobile and 

 Baldwin counties. Specimens from M()T)ile County mostly with 3 bristles shorter 

 than the nut. 



