SEDGES. 407 



Rynchospora intermedia (Chap.) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Aoad. Sci. 11 : 87. 1892. 



PINE-BARREN BEAKED RUSH. 



Eynchospora plumosa var. intermedia Chap. Fl. 524. 1860. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 474. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Mobile 

 County, Springhill. Baldwin County, Bayou Ingram. June, July; not rare. 



Type locality : " Sandy pine barrens, often dry places, Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora alba (L.) Vahl, Enum. 2 : 236. 1806. WHITE BEAKED RUSH. 



Schoenus albus L. Sp. PL 1: 44. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 57. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 585. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 474. 



EUROPE, ASIA. 



Boreal region to Louisianian area. Newfoundland to Alaska and Oregon, south on 

 the high mountain ranges and in the plain to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Boggy pine barrens. Bayou La Batre. August, Septem- 

 ber; infrequent. 



Type locality : a tiab. in Europae borealis paludibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora glomerata (L.) Vahl, Enum. 2 : 234. 1806. 



CLUSTERED BEAKED RUSH. 



Schoenus fjlomeratus L. Sp. PL 1: 44. 1753. 



S. capUellatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 36. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 61. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 585. Chap. PI. 527. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:474. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to Michigan, south to West 

 Virginia, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: All over the State. Wet places, open ground and in woodlands. Cull- 

 man, Montgomery, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. July to September; frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora glomerata pfemiculata (Gray) Chap. Fl. 528. 1860. 



PANICULATE BEAKED RUSH. 



Rynchospora paniculata Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 211. 1835-36. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 474. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. South Atlantic and Gulf States. Maryland to 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low damp places, ditches. Lee 

 County, Auburn (Baker <f Earle, 872). Mobile; not rare. 



Type locality: "New Orleans, T. Drummond, (in Herb. Torr.), middle Florida, 

 Dr. Chapman." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora axillaris (Lam.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 104. 1888. 



CAPITATE BEAKED RUSH. 



Schoenus axiUaris Lam.Tabl. Encycl. 1 : 137. 1791. 



Rynchospora cephalantha Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 218. 1835-36. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 585. Chap. Fl. 528. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Long Island, along the coast to Florida, west 

 to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Sandy swamps, ditches. Clay 

 County, Chewahaw Mountain, 2,400 feet. Tuscaloosa, Washington, and Mobile coun- 

 ties. July, August; not common. 



Type locality : " E Carolina. D. Fraser." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora filifolia Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 366. 1836. 



FILIFORM-LEAVED BEAKED RUSH. 



Chap. Fl. 527. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and west to eastern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Damp sandy bor- 

 ders of brooks and ponds. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle, 577). Mobile 

 County, Citronelle. Washington County, Yellowpine. Baldwin County, Josephine. 

 July; frequent. 



Type locality : "North Carolina, Mr. Curtis!; middle Florida, Dr. Chapman." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



