SEDGES. 401 



Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:97. 1817. 



SLENDER FIMBRISTYLIS. 



Scirpus autumnalis L. Mant. 2 : 280. 1771. 



S. mucronulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 31. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:82. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 578. Chap. Fl. 522. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 470. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England to southern Michigan, south to 

 Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and from New York to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State, in low ground. August to October; abundant. 

 Annual, 



Type locality not ascertained; Roemer & Schultes' locality : "In Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, Jamaica." 



Herb. Geo'i. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STENOPHYLLUS Raf. Neogen.4. 1825. 



About 20 species, in subtropical and tropical regions, North America, 5 mostly 

 Southern. 



Steiiophyllus steiiophyllus (Ell.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 30. 1894. 



TUFTED STENOPHYLLUS. 



Scirpus stenopkyllus Ell. Sk. 1 : 83. 1816. 



Stenopliyllns caespitosns Raf. Neogen.4. 1825. 



Isohpis stenophftllns Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 353. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 1:83. Chap. Fl. 523. 



Louisiauiau area. North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp alluvial banks. Mobile County, Choctaw Bluff. 

 September; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "Grows in dry sandy soils. Around Beaufort [S. C.], common. 

 James Island." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Stenophyllus ciliatifolius (Ell.) Mohr, Bull Torr. Club, 24:22. 1897. 



FRINGED STENOPIIYLLUS. 



Scirpus ciliatifolius Ell. Sk. 1 : 82. 1816. 



Isolepis ciliatifolia Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 352. 1836. 



Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 30. 1894. In part. 



Ell. Sk. 1:82. Chap. Fl. 523. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 572. 



TROPICAL AFRICA, ASIA, WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry sandy fields. Mobile County, 

 Springhill. Baldwin County, Daphne. September to October; frequent. Annual. 



Stems setaceous, rigid, a foot and over in length; umbel, many-rayed; bracts 

 short, achene finely pitted in longitudinal rows. 



Type locality : " Grows in damp soils. Two miles from Beaufort [S. C.], near the 

 main road." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Steiiophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 30. 1894. In part. 



HAIRLIKE STENOPHYLLUS. 



Scirpus capillaris L. Sp. PI. 1 : 49. 1753. In part. 



Isolepis capillaris Roem. & Schult. Syst. 2 : 18. 1817. 



Fimbristylis capillaris Gray, Man. 530. 1848. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 578. Chap. Fl. 522. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:236. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2: 470. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan and Minnesota, 

 and south along the mountains to Tennessee and Florida (Chapman); west to 

 Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and the Pacific. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, exposed rocky places. Clay County, Chewahaw 

 range, Baldrock, 2,200 feet, in crevices. July 30 (C. Mohr and E. A. Smith). 



Grows in tufts, from 2 to 6 inches high; copious. Differs from the last, with 

 which it was united by Dr. Britton, by the low habit of its growth and decided 

 northern range of distribution. The characters are as follows : 



Stem capillary, weak, 2 to 4, rarely 6, inches long, as long as or scarcely double 

 the length of the leaves; umbel simple with 2 or rarely more sessile or short-stalked 

 spikelets, bracts capillary short or elongated, achene less tumid at the top; seen 

 under the lens, with sharp transverse wrinkles. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Aethiopia, Zeylona." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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