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Cuba. 



Caroliniau and Louisiauian areas. Coast of New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas. 

 Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Shallow pine-barren swamps. Mobile 

 County. .July to October; abundant. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Americae septentrionalis paludibus." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eriocaulon compressum Lam. Encycl. 3 : 276. 1789. Flattened Pipewort. 



Eriocaulon qnaphalodes Micbx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 165. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 565. Gray, Man. ed. 6. ,567. Chap. Fl. 503. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Boggy swamps, muddy ditches iu 

 the pine barrens. Abundant in the Coast plain. May to October. 



Type locality : " Cette plante croit dans la Caroline mcridionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LACHNOCAULON Kuuth, Enum. 3 : 497. 1841. 



Four species, southeastern North America. Perennials. 



Lachnocaulon anceps (Walt.) Morong, Bull. Torr. Club, 18 : 360. 1891. 



Hairy Pipewort. 



Eriocaulon anceps Walt. Fl. Car. 83. 1788. 



E. villosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 166. 1803. 



Lachnocaulon michauxii Knnth, Enum. 3 : 497. 1841. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 566. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 567. Chap. Fl. .504. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Sandy close soil. SouthernVirginia to Florida, 

 west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Throughout the Coast Pine belt. Most frequent in the Coast plain. 

 Washington County, Vellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin counties. March to .June. 

 Flowers white. Common, 



Type locality: " South Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lachnocaulon glabrum Koernicke, Linnaea, 27 : 568. 1854. Smooth Pipewort. 



Chap. Fl. 504. 



Louisianian area. Florida. 



Alabama: Littoral belt. Sandy shore of West Fowl River. Only locality. 

 April 20. 1868. Rare. 



Type locality : "America borealis: Florida attul. Cabanis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DUPATYA Veil. Fl. Flum. 35, no. 42. 1825. 

 (Paepalanthus Mart. Nov. Act. Caes. 18 : 13. 1833-18.35.) 



About 215 species, South America; mostly Brazil. Perennials. 

 Dupatya flavidula (Michx.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 745. 1891. Yellow Dupatia. 



Eriocaulon jiavidnlnm Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 166. 1803. 



Paepalantlius fiavidulus Kunth, Enum. 3 : 532. 1841. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 566. Chap. Fl. 503. 



Caroliniau and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida. 



Alabama: Littoral legion. Damp sandy pine barrens. Baldwin County, Jose- 

 phine, in wet sand forming dense tufts. Flowers yellowish, appearing in Juno 

 and July. Infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Her1>. Mohr. 



BROMELIACEAE. 



TILL ANDSIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 286. 17.53. 



About 120 species, perennials. Epiphytes, mostly in subtropical and tropical 

 America; southeastern North America, 1. 



Tillandsia usneoides L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 ; 411. 1762. Moss. Spanish Moss. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : .379. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 511. Chap. Fl. 472. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 426. Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 598. 



