SEDGES. 



409 



Rynchospora dodecandra Baldwin ; Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 207. 1835-36. 



LARGE-FRUITED BEAKED RUSH. 



Ki/nchospora megalocarpa Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 208. 1835-36. 



Chap. Fl. 526. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina and Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Littoral belt. Arid loose sands, near the seashore. In the copses cov- 

 ering old dunes. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Baldwin County, eastern shore 

 Mobile Bay, Perdido Bay. May, June; not infrequent. 



Type locality : '"Near the seashore, Fort George Island, east Morida, April, 181*.' 

 Dr.* Baldwin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora cymosa (Willd.) Ell. Sk. 1 : 58. 1816. WAYSIDE BEAKED RUSH. 



Scltoenus ci/mosus Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 265. 1797. 



Ell. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 584. Chap. Fl. 524. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southern Pennsylvania, New Jersey to Florida, 

 Texas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp light soil. Cnllnian County. 

 Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle, 578). Washington County, Yellowpine. Bald- 

 win and Mobile counties; frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America boreali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Rynchospora cymosa globularis Chap. Fl. 525. 1860. 



Chap. 1. c. 



Louisianiau area. Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low exsiccated places. Baldwin and Mobile counties. 

 May ; common. 



Type locality : " Low ground, Florida and northward." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Rynchospora compressa Carey ; Chap. Fl. 525. 1860. FLAT-FRUITED BEAKED RUSH. 



Eyncliospora cymosa compressa (Carey) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 11 : 91. 1892. 



CUBA. 



Louisianiau area. Florida. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region, Coast Pine belt. Borders of ponds. Wilcox 

 County (A'. B. Buckley"). Baldwin County, Wolfs Bayou. June; rare. 

 Type locality: j< Margins of pine-barren ponds, west Florida." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora torreyana Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 197. 1835-36. 



TORREY'S BEAKED RUSH. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 584. Chap. Fl . 524. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Coast Pine belt to the seashore. Grassy swamps, borders of pine-barren 

 ponds. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Washington County, Yellowpine. August, 

 September ; frequent. 



Type locality : " Monmouth County, N. J., Torrey; also in wet ground, near Quaker 

 Bridge, N. J." 



Herb. Geol. Sarv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora rariflora (Michx.) Ell. Sk. 1:58. 1816. 



SPARSELY-FLOWKRED BEAKED RUSH. 



Schoenus rariflorus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 35. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 524. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



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



ALABAMA : Mountain region, Lower Metamorphic hills, Lower Pine region to Coast 

 plain. Boggy pine barrens. Lee County, Auburn (Baker <)' Earle, 515). Mobile and 

 Baldwin counties. July to September; abundant. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora microcarpa Baldwin; Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 202. 1835-36. 



SMALL-FRUITED BEAKED RUSH. 



Chap. Fl. 525. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



BAHAMAS (Eggers). 



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



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Borders of pine-barren ponds, ditches. Mobile and 

 Baldwin counties. Specimens from Mobile County mostly with 3 bristles shorter 

 than the nut. 



