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Cyperus lancastriensis Porter ; Gray, Man. ed. 5, 555. 1867. LANCASTER CYPERUS. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 572. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 659. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 



ALABAMA : Central and Lower Pine region, open copses. Tnscaloosa County (E. A. 

 Smith). Mobile County, Springhill. October; rare. Perennitil. 



Type locality : "Rich soil, banks of the Susquehanna near Lancaster, Penn., Prof. 

 Porter." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus filiculmis Yahl, Enum. 2 : 328. 1816. SLENDER CYPERUS. 



Cyperus marixcoides Ell. Sk. 1 : 67. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 570. Chap. Fl. 511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 466. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, Illinois, and Tennessee; south to Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. In dry pine barrens. Bibb County. 

 Escambia County, Flomaton. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July to August; fre- 

 quent. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb Mohr. 



Cyperus martindalei Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 98. 1888. 



MARTINDALE'S CYPERUS. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain, arid sandy places. Mobile County, 

 Langdon's Station. Citron elle, Chastanga Bluff. June, July; not infrequent. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : "Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cyperus echinatus (Ell.) Wood, Classbook, 734. 1863. BALDWIN'S CYPERUS. 



Mariscus echinatus Ell. Sk. 1 : 75, t. 3, f. 1. 1816. 



Cyperus baldwinii Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 270. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 75. Chap. Fl. 511. * Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 466. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina/ to Florida, west to Texas, 

 Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: From the Coast Plain to Central Pine belt. Cultivated and waste 

 places. Mobile, Baldwin, and Montgomery counties. Autauga County, Prattville. 

 September to October; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Grows in cultivated land. Very common. [South Carolina, 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



KYLLINGA Rottb. Descr. et Icon. 12, t. 4, f. 3, 4. 1773. 



About 30 to 40 species, of the warmer regions. Africa, North and South America, 

 Australia. 



Kyllinga pumila Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 28. 1803. Low KYLLINGA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 55. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 573. Chap. Fl. 512. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 466. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to Florida, 

 Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Low wet banks. Talladega County, Renfroe. Tusca- 

 loosa and Mobile counties. August to September; not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Shavanensiuni regione, ad anmem Scioto." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. Descr. & Icon. lZ,t.4,f. 3. 1773. 



SHORT-LEAVED KYLLINGA. 



Kyllinga monocephala L. f. Snppl. 104. 1781. In part. 



Ell. Sk. 1:54. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 540. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 568. 



Rhi/oina slender, creeping; culm erect, slender, 10 to 20 inches high; leaves linear, 

 flat, single, and much shorter than the stem ; flowers in a single globose head ; fertile 

 scale with a green serrulate keel conspicuously 7 to nerved, oblong-lanceolate, 

 recurved-mucronate; twice as long as the pale roundish achenium. Perennial. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 



Louisianian area. Coast of southern Georgia and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp open places, border of ditches. Mobile County. 

 October and November; not rare. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



