418 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 540. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 481. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana and 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Prairie region. Rich woodlands. Blount 

 County, Blount Springs. Tuscaloosa County. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley) June; 

 local, infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex styloflexa Buckl. Am. Journ. Sci. 45 : 174. 1843. BENT-FRUITED SEDGE. 



Carex fusiformis Chap. Dew. Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 6 : 244. 1849. 



C. laxiflora var. styJoJtexa Boott, 111. 1 : 37. 1858. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 608. Chap. Fl. 540. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 481. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, New Jersey to 

 Florida, west to Louisiana and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Coast plain, in damp shady 

 woods. Winston County, Collier's Creek. Lawrence County (T. M. Peters). Wilcox 

 County (Buckley). Mobile County. June; not frequent. 



Type locality : "Mountains, Macon County, N. C." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex albursina Sheldon, Bull. Torr. Club, 20 : 284. 1893. 



WHITE BEAR VALLEY SEDGE. 



Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Boott, 111. 1 : 38. 1858. Not C. latifolia Moench. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 329. 



Allegheuian to Carolinian area. New England to Minnesota, Ohio, and Virginia. 

 ALABAMA: Mountain region. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. 

 Type locality (Boott) : " New York, Knieskern. Ohio, Sullivant. Kentucky, Short." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex digitalis Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 298. 1805. SLENDER WOOD SEDGE. 



Carex oligocarpa Muhl. Grain. 242. 1817. 



C. vanvleckii Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1 : 69. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 551. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 608. Chap. Fl. 541. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Michigan and 

 Illinois, south to New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, and western Louisi- 

 ana (HaJe). 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocky hillsides. Winston County, Colliers 

 Creek, 1,500 feet; not rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex picta Steud. Syn. PI. Gyp. 184. 1855. Boon's SEDGK. 



Carex boottiana Benth. ; Boott, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5: 112. 1845. Not Hook. & 

 Am. 1841. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 610. Chap. Fl. 536. 



Carolinian area. Indiana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocky shelves. Winston County, Sipsey 

 Valley. Local, rare. 



Type locality: "Drvmmond (sine nr.) Louisiana. New Orleans.'' 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex nigromarginata Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1 : 68. 1824. BLACK-EDGED SEDGE. 



Carex lucorum var. nigro-marginata Chap. Fl. 539. 1860. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 613. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 567. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New York, New Jersey, along the mountains to 

 North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry rocky hillsides. Winston County, Colliers 

 Creek, 1,500 feet. September; local, not frequent. 



Type locality: "Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex floridana Schw. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1:306. 1825. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 567. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 482. 



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



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry grassy places. Mobile County, Monroe Park (Carl 

 Baker). March; rare. 



Type locality: "In the sands of east Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



