406 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Rynchospora corniculata (Lam.) Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 205. 1835-36. 



LARGE HORNED RUSH. 



Schoenua corniculatns Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 : 137. 1791. 



Rynchospora longirostris Ell. Sk. 1 : 59. 1816. 



Ell. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 586. Chap. Fl. 528. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 473. 



Carolinian and Louisiauiau areas. Southern Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North 

 Carolina to Florida, eastern Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Wet sandy ground, ditches, marshes. 

 Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Clarke, Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. July 

 to September; frequent. 



Type locality : *'E Florida, Carolina. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Rynchospora pusilla Chap. ; M. A. Curtis, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 7 : 409. 1849. 



HUMBLE BEAKED RUSH. 



Rynchospora intermixta Sauv. Fl. Cub. 184. 1873. 



Chap. Fl. 528 ; ed. 3, 556. Coulter, Conti. Nat. Herb. 2 : 474. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind. 576. 



CUBA. 



Louisianian area. Florida and Alabama to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp flat pine barrens. Mobile County, Portersville. 

 August, September ; rare. 



Type locality (in Chapman's Flora) : " Margin of pine-barren ponds, middle and 

 west 1 lorida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora divergens Chap. ; M. A. Curtis, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 7 : 409. 1849. 



DIVERGENT BEAKED RUSH. 



Rynchospora lamprosperma Sauv. Fl. Cub. 184. 1873. 

 Chap. Fl. 528 5 ed.3,556. 



WEST INDIES. 



Louisianiaii area. South Carolina to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp pine barrens. Mobile County. June to August; 

 frequent. 



Type locality: ''This plant was sent uie a year or two since from the Santee by 

 Mr. Ravenel." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora chapmanii M. A. Curtis, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 7 : 409. 1849. 



CHAPMAN'S BEAKED RUSH. 



Chap. Fl. 528; ed.3,556. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens. Mobile County, Bayou La 

 Batre. July to September. Abundant. 



Type locality : " Wilmington, N. C. I have received this from the Santee (Ravenel) ; 

 and also from Dr. Chapman of Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora oligantha Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 212. 1835. 



FEW-FLOWERED BEAKED RUSH. 



Chap. Fl. 524. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 474. 



Carolinian and Louisianiaii areas. North Carolina to Florida and Texas 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Lower Pine region. Low open pine barrens. Mobile 

 County. May, June ; not common. 



Type locality : " Fayetteville, N. C. Schweinitz * *; near Wilmington, N. C., 

 Mr. Curtis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora plumosa Ell. Sk. 1 : 58. 1816. PLUMOSE BEAKED RUSH. 



Rynchospora penniseta Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 244. 1866. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Chap. Fl. 524. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 474. 



CUBA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to eastern 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low open pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 June, July; frequent. 



Type locality : "Grows in dry pine barrens. Common around Beaufort. Near St. 

 Mary's Dr. Baldwin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



