410 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Type locality : "In wet savannas. St. Marys. Fla., Dr. Baldwin; Wilmington, N. C., 

 Mr. Curtis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Rynchospora caduca Ell. Sk. 1:62. 1816. RIVERSIDE BEAKED RUSH. 



Ell. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 526. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



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



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Wet margins of marshes and streams. Mobile County, 

 river marshes. July, August; abundant. 



Economic uses: Cut by the negroes for green fodder. 



Type locality : "Around Charleston, common." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora schoenoides (Ell. ) Brittou, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 11 : 92. 1892. 



ELLIOTT'S BEAKED RUSH. 



Scirpus schoenoides Ell. Sk. 1 : 89. 1816. 



Rhynchospora multiflara Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 200. 1835-36. 



E. elliottii Dietr. Syn. PI. 1 : 189. 1839. 



Ell. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 525. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 475. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Coosa Valley to the Coast plain. Ditches, border of ponds. Etowah 

 County, Ballplay, low pine woods. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July. 



Type locality: "Found near Savannah by Dr. Baldwin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora inexpaiisa (Michx.) Vahl, Enum. 2 : 232. 1806. 



NARROW-SPIKED BEAKED RUSH. 



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



Ell. Sk.l:61. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 584. Chap. Fl. 525. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 476. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to western 

 Louisiana and Texas? 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low miry places. Cullman, Mont- 

 gomery, Washington, and Mobile counties ; common. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Rynchospora miliacea (Lam.) Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 198. 1835. 



PANIC-LIKE BEAKED RUSH. 



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



S. sparsus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 35. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:62. Chap. Fl. 526. 



CUBA. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. Springy places in shady woods. 

 Montgomery County, Pentulalla Creek. Autauga County (E. A. Smith). Baldwin 

 County, Point Clear. July to August; infrequent. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchospora stenophylla Chap. Fl. 525. 1860. NARROW-LEAF BEAKED RUSH. 



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



Chap. Fl. 525. 



CUBA. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Borders pine-barren ponds. Mobile County, Grand 

 Bay. July, 1889 ; very rare. 



Type locality: "Low grassy pine barrens, Apalachicola [Fla.]." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CLADIUM P. Br. Civ. & N. Hist. Jam. 14. 1756. Twio RUSH. 



Three species, of temperate and warmer zones. Europe, America. Coarse perennial 

 marsh plants. 



Cladium mariscoides (Muhl. ) Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 372. 1836. TWIG RUSH. 



Schoenus mariscoides Muhl. Gram. 4. 1817. 



G ray, Man. ed. 6, 586. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, New England, west 

 to Michigan, Iowa, and Minnesota, south to Delaware and Florida. 



