396 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Kyllinga odorata Vahl, Euum. 2 : 382. 1806. FRAGRANT KYLLINGA. 



Kyllinga scsqulflora Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 287. 1836. 



Chap. Fl. 5. 2. ' 



Louisianiau area. Middle Florida to Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain to Central Pine belt. Close sandy soil, exposed banks, 

 pastures. Most frequent in the low pine barrens of the Coast plain. Autauga County, 

 Prattville (E. A. Smith}. Montgomery, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. July to 

 August. Plant fragrant. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America meridional!, v. Rohr, Richard." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DULICHIUM Pers. Syn. 1 : 65. 1805. 



One species, Eastern North America. 

 Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 29. 1894. 



Cyperus arundinaceus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 44. 1753. 



C. spathaceus L. Syst. ed. 12, 2 : 735. 1767. 



Scirpus spathaceus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 32. 1803. 



Dulichium spathaceum Pers. Syn. 1 : 65. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 1:84. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 573. Chap. Fl. 513. Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb. 

 2:467. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario to the Pacific ; V an- 

 couver island; New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Texas, and 

 from the Ohio to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Marshy woods. Cullman, Montgomery, and Mobile 

 counties. July to August; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ELEOCHARIS R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1 : 224. 1810. ' 



Over 80 species, mostly perennials of tropical and warmer /ones, few boreal. North 

 America, 36. Endemic, 22. 



Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 298. 1836. CELLULAR SPIKK-KUSH. 



Scirpus dictyospermus Wright in Sauv. Fl. Cub. 174. 1868. 



Chap. Fl. 515. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 467. 



BAHAMAS, CUBA, MEXICO. 



Louisianian area. Florida to western Texas. 



ALABAMA : Shallow, miry ponds. Mobile County, Dog River. July to September ; 

 rare. 



Type locality : "Wet, sandy marshes. Bay St. Louis [Miss.], Dr. InyaUx." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 148. 1817. 



KNOTTED SPIKE-RUSH. 



Scirpus interstinctus Vahl, Enum. 2 : 251. 1806. 



S. equisetoides Ell. Sk. 1 : 79. 1816. 



Eleocharis equisetoides Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 296. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. Fl. 514. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. :>71. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 467. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. Southern New England, west to Michigan, south 

 to North Carolina; Florida to western Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shallow ponds. Mobile County, Kelly's pond. Sub- 

 merged banks of Mobile River. Not infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Caribaeis. Martfelt." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 155. 1817. 



QUADRANGULAR SPIKK-RUSII. 



Scirpus mutatus L. Amoen. Acad. 5 : 391. 1760. 



S.. quadrant/ iilatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 30. 1803. 



Eleocharis quadranyulata Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2 : 155. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 78. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. Fl. 515. Griseb. FJ. Brit. W. Ind. 571. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 467. 



1 N. L. Britton, Genus Eleocharis in North America, Jouru. N. Y. Micros. Soc., vol. 5, 

 pp. 95 to 111. 1889. 



