416 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Carex caroliniana Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1 : 67. 1824. CAROLINA SEDGE. 



Carer smithii Porter ; Olney, Car. Bor. Am. 2, name only. 1871. Not Tausch. 1821. 



C. triceps smithii Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 13 : 88. 1888. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 603. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 479. 



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

 Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp shady places, copses, borders 

 of woods. Mobile County, April. Cnllman County. Wilcox County (Buckley}. 

 April; common; most abundant near the coast. 



Type locality : " Carolina." 



Herb. G ^ol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex cherokeensis Schwein. Ann. Lye. N.Y.I: 71. 1824. CHEROKEE SEDGE- 



Carcx recur r a Muhl. Gram. 262. 1817. 



Schwein. & Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1 : 369, t. 2,5, f. 1. Chap. Fl. 542. Wats. Hot. Calif. 

 2 : 248. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 480. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Florida to mountains of northwestern 

 Georgia, west to Mississippi, Louisiana, central Texas, and California. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich damp forests. Montgomery County, Ala- 

 bama River bottom. Henry and Franklin counties. Wilcox County (Buckley). May, 

 June; frequent in the region. 



Type locality: " Cherokee." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb*. Mohr. 



Carex oblita Steud. Syn. PL Cyp. 231. 1855. DARK GREEN SEDGE. 



Carex glabra Boott, 111. 1 : 93. 1858. 



C. venn*ta glabra Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22 : 105. 1886. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 604, as C. venusta minor Boeckl. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 321. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 

 western Louisiana (Hale). 



ALABAMA : Mountain region and Coast plain. Grassy swamps along streams. 

 Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County, Dog River. Lee County, Auburn 

 (Baker j-Earle,5U). 



Type locality : "Herb. Drummond, no. 434. New Orleans." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex debilis pubera Gray, Man. ed. 5, 593. 1868. ELEGANT SEDGE. 



Carex ren usta Boott, 111. 1:51. 1858. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 604. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, Virginia south to North 

 Carolina, eastern Louisiana, and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). May; rare. 



Type locality: "Bear Meadows, Centre County, Penn., Prof. Porter." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex debilis prolixa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22 : 105. 1886. 



DIFFUSE -FLOWERED SEDGE. 



Carex debilis var. Boott, 111. 1 : 92. 1858. 



Chap. Fl. 541 , in part. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 480, as C. debilis Michx. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South. Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast Pine belt. Swampy banks of pine-barren 

 streams. Mobile County, Citronelle, Springhill. Baldwin County. April, May; 

 not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Florida, Chapman, to Louisiana, Drummond, Hale, Langlois.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex oxylepis Torr. & Hook, in Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 409. 1836. 



SHARP-SCALED SEDGE. 



Chap. Fl. 538. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 479. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina, western Florida to Louisiana and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Low open woods. Wilcox County (S. B. 

 Buckley}. Dallas County, near Uniontown. June; rare. 



Type locality : "Texas, T. Drummond!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex amphibola Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 234. 1855. NARROW-LEAVED SEDGE. 



Carex grisea angustifolia Boott, 111. 1 :34. 1858. 

 C. cryptandra Schwein. ; Olney in Hall's PI. Tex. 25. 1873. 

 C. grisea var. ( ?) rigida Bailey. Mem. Torr. Club, 1 : 56. 1889. 



