284 HARPER 



(858, 866), EMANUEL, TATTNALL, MONTGOMERY, COFFEE, 

 "WILCOX, IRWIN, BERRIEN, COLQUITT. Fl. May-July. I 



have never observed it in salt marshes as Dr. Mohr did in 

 Alabama (see Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 6 :40c 1901). 

 South Carolina to Florida and Texas, in the pine-barrens. 



ELEOCHARIS R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1 : 224. 1810. 

 E. melanocarpa (Baldw.) Torr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 '.311. 1836. 



Moist pine-barrens and sandy margins of ponds, bulloch 

 (pio), Montgomery, dodge (in accidental pond, not indige- 

 enous), coffee, Wilcox. Fl. April to July. Inland to 

 Pulaski and Lee Counties and coastward to Bryan and 

 Charlton. Originally discovered near Savannah. 



Massachusetts to Indiana in the glaciated region, south to 

 central Florida in the coastal plain. Also reported from the 

 West Indies. (See Rhodora 7:72. 1905.) 



For some morphological notes on this species see E. J. Hill, 

 Bull. Torrey Club 25:392-394. pi. 344. 1898. 



E. Baldwinii (Torr.) Chapm., Fl. 519. i860. 



Normally in intermediate pine-barrens, but most abundant 

 in unfrequented roads and paths in the pine-barrens, where 

 it forms a dense, close turf, often excluding all other vege- 

 tation for several square feet. Easily recognizable, even 

 from a moving tram, by its characteristic habit and color. 

 appling, coffee (685, 1451 from sandy margin of a cypress 

 pond), Irwin, berrien, thomas. Common in the flat 

 country toward the coast, but never seen northwest of the 

 Altamaha Grit escarpment, and rarely north of the Altamaha 

 River. 



Otherwise known only from Florida. 

 E. prolifera Torr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 316. 1836. 



irwin: Shallow pond near Fitzgerald; thomas: Heard's Pond 

 (therefore not indigenous); decatur: Cypress pond near 

 Climax. More frequent in Sumter County. 



North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana, in the coastal plain. 



E. tuberculosa (Mx.) R. & S., Syst. 2: 152. 1817. 



Moist pine-barrens, bulloch, emanuel, tattnall, coffee, 



