SEDGES. 421 



Carex cephalophora Mulil. ; Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 220. 1803. OVAL-HEADED SEDGE. 



Ell. Sk. 2:526. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 617. Chap. Fl. 534. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 483. 



Allegheniaii to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Michigan 

 and Iowa; through the Ohio Valley and Southern Atlantic States, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, Central Pine belt. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa 

 County (E. A. Smith). May; not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex leavenworthii Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 2 : 246. 1846. 



LEAVENWORTH'S SEDGE. 



Carex cephalophora var. angustifolia Boott, 111. 3 : 123. 1862. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 617. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 483. 



Allegheniaii to Louisianian area. South to the Gulf, and from Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast plain. Dry open woods. Cullman County. 

 Madison County, Hunts ville (Baker fy Earle, 537) / Blount County, Blount Springs. 

 Mobile County. June; not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Louisiana, Dr. Leaven worth." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex sterilis Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 208. 1805. LITTLE PRICKLY SEDGE. 



Carex stellulata and C. echinata Amer. authors. 



C. sterilis Boott, 111. 1 : 56, t. 146. 1858. 



C. echinata var. microstachys Boeckl. Linnaea, 39 : 125. 1875. 



C. sterilis excelsior Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20 : 424. 1894. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 618. Chap. Fl. 534. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 236. 



MEXICO. 



Allegheniaii to Louisianian area. Ontario; through the Rocky Mountains to the 

 Pacific; from Vancouver Island to California; New England, through the Atlantic 

 States to Florida, west to Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Montana, and Nevada. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Shaded boggy places. Lee County, 

 Auburn (Baker <$ Earle, 537). Madison County, Huntsville. Cullman County. 

 Mobile County, Sprmghill, Mount Vernon. Baldwin County, Point Clear. April, 

 May ; not infrequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex atlantica Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20 : 425. 1893. EASTERN SEDGE. 



Carex stellulata conferta Chap. Fl. 534. Not C. conferta Koch. 1860. 



C. echinata var. conferta Bailey, Cat. N. A. Carices. 1884. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 618. Chap! Fl. 534. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 350. 



Canadian zone to Louisianiau area. Along the coast from Newfoundland to 

 Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain to the Mountain region. Boggy banks of streams. Mobile 

 County, Springhill, Mount Vernon. Cullman County. May; frequent in swamps 

 and along pine-barren streams. 



Type locality: " Follows the coast from Newfoundland to Florida." 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex interior Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20:426. 1893. INLAND SEDGE. 



Carex scirpoides Sartwell, Exsic. No. 36. 1848. 



C. stellulata var. scirpoides Boott, 111. 1 : 56, t. 146 * *. 1858. 



Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1:350,/. 176. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Maine to Minnesota; south to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Woods. Madison County, Montesano, 1,200 to 1,500 

 feet. Lee County, Auburn (Baker 4' Earle, 556). Infrequent. 



Type locality: "Bogs and swamps in the interior country from Maine to Minne- 

 sota and Kansas." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex bromoides Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 8, /. 176. 1806. BROME-LIKE SEDGE. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 528. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 619. Chap. Fl. 533. 



EUROPE. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick and Ontario, thence to the 

 Pacific, and from British Columbia to California; New England west to Michigan 

 and Missouri ; south from New York to Florida and west to Louisiana. 



