408 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Rynchospora fuscoides Clarke; Britton, Trans. N. Y. Aca<l. 11 : 89. 1892. 



BROWN BEAKED RUSH. 



Rynchospora fascicularis var. distant Chap. Fl. 527. Not If. dixtanH (Michx.) Ell. 



R.jiUfolia Sauv. Fl. Cub. 180. 1873. Not Torr. 



Chap. 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



CUBA. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low sandy pine barrens. Mobile County. Baldwin 

 County, Bayou La Launch. June, July; not infrequent. 

 Type locality (Chapman) : "Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. " 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora fascicularis (Michx.) Vahl, Enum. 2 : 23i. 1806. 



FASCICULATE BEAKED Rrsn. 



Schoenus fascicularis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:37. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:60. Chap. Fl. 527. 



Varies greatly in number and length of bristles, from few to more than <>, from 

 one-third to the full length of the achenium. 



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



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Borders of ponds, ditches. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 

 ties. June; frequent. 

 Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina.'' 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora gracilenta Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 216. 1835-36. 



SLENDER BEAKED RUSH. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 585. Chap. Fl. 527. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. Southern New York and New Jersey to Florida, 

 west to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt, Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Low wet woods and 

 pine-barren ponds. Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County. August, 

 September; common. 



Type locality : "Pine barrens of New Jersey ; Aug.-Sept. Philipstown, Putnam 

 County, N. Y., Dr. Barratt; Salem, N. C., Schiveinitz." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora baldwinii Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 210. 1835-36. 



BALDWIN'* BEAKED Krsn. 

 Chap. Fl. 526. 

 Louisianian area. North Carolina and Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 July, August. 



Type locality : '"Georgia, in pine-barren swamps, between the Satilla and Al ta- 

 rn alii a rivers, December, 1816. ' Dr. Baldwin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ryiichospora ciliaris (Michx.) Mohr. FRINGE-LEAK BEAKED lirsii. 



Schoenus ciliaris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 36. 1803. 

 Ryiichospora ciliata Vahl, Enum. 2 : 235. 1806. 

 Chap. Fl. 526. 

 Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp low pine barrens. Mobile County. .June, .Inly; 

 not rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Florida." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora grayii Kunth, Enum. 2 :539. 1837. GRAY'S BEAKED Rrsn. 



Ryncliospora (tistana Ell. Sk. 1:59. 1816. Not' Schoenus distans Michx. 

 R. elliottii Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 :204. 1835. Not Dietrich. 

 Chap. Fl. 526. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 

 Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Open dry pine woods, in stiff soil. 

 Baldwin and Mobile counties. 



Type locality (Gray) : "In damp savannahs, Wilmington, N. C., Mr. Curtis; Ha- 

 vanna, Ga., and New Smyrna, Florida? Dr. Baldwin (sub nom. R. distans.)', Gadsden 

 County, middle Florida, Dr. Chapman." 



Herb. Geol, Surv, Herb. Mohr. 



