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REMARKS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CAREX IN ALABAMA. 



Of the extensive genus Carex, represented by about 500 valid species 

 and distinct varietal forms, 60 species, including well marked varieties, 

 have been recoguized in Alabama. 



The following are strictly inhabitants of the mountain region, held 

 in common with the Northern United States within the Carolinian area, 

 and extending to the Alleghenian area and to Canada: 



('arex collinsii. Carex laxijiora varians. Carex willdenovii. 



Carexfolliculata. Carex laxijiora patulifolia. Carex sparganioides. 



Carex squarrosa. Carex alb ur sin a. Carex interior. 



Carex torta. Carex digitalis. Carex retrojtexa. 



Carex gynandra. Carex picta. Carex cephalophora. 



Carex virescens. Carex nigromarginata. Carex scop aria. 



Species held in common with the Northern States, extending to the 

 Central Pine belt in the Louisianian area: 



Carex granularis. Carex laxijiora. Carex bromoides. 



Extending throughout the State: 



Carex intiimescens. Carex stipata. Carex leptalea. 



Carex lurida. Carex festucacea. Carex tribuloides turbata. 



Carex hirsuta. Carex rosea radiata. Carex muhlenbergii. 



Carex sterilis. Carex learemvorthii. Carex stylojlexa. 



Southern forms most frequent in the Louisianian area and sparingly 

 met with in the adjacent regions of the Carolinian area, north to the 

 Ohio Valley: 



Carex grandis. Carex baileyi. Carex caroliniana. 



Carex frankii. Carex amphibola. Carex oblita. 



Carex debilis pubera. Carex striatula. Carex triceps. 



Southern species confined to the Louisianian area and west to Texas: 



Carex louisianica. Carex verrucosa. Carex texensis. 



Carex elliottii. Carex oxylepis. Carex muhlenbergii xalapen- 



Carex folliculata australis. Carex clierokeensis. sis. 



Carex turgescens. Carex debilis prolixa. 



Carex flaccosperma. Carex Jioridana. 



Species confined to the coast and extending north to New England: 



Carex atlantica. Carex albolutescens. Carex alata. 



Species also in foreign lands : 



Mexico: 



Carex stipata. Carex muhlenbergii xalapensis. Carex festucacea. 



Carex muhlenbergii. Carex sterilis. Carex vulpinoidea. 



Japan : Carex stipata. 



Europe : Carex bromoides. 



ARECACEAE (PALMAE). Palms. 



SABAL Adans. Fam. Nat. 2 : 495. 1763. PALMETTO. 



Six species, of tropical and subtropical America. North America, 2. 

 Sabal minus (Jacq.) Pers. Syn. 1:399. 1805. 



DWARF PALMETTO. BLUE PALMETTO. 



Corypha minor Jacq. Hort. Vind. 3:8. 1776. Not Blanco. 1837. 

 C. pumila Walt. Fl. Car. 119. 1788. 

 Chamaerops acaulis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 207. 1803. 

 Sabal adansoni Guersent, Bull. Soc. Phil. 3 : 206, *. 25. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 430. Chap. Fl. 438. 

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



