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wrginied. 
‘ as— 
Eleocharis tuberculosa.' 
Eleocharis acicularis. 
Rhynchospora miliacea. 
Rhynchospora avcillaris.* 
Rhynchospora fascicularis. 
Rhynchospora gracilenta.! 
Dulichium arundinaceum.' 
Carex atlantica.! 
With these grow— 
Pinguicula planifolia, 
Bartonia virginica,* 
Habenaria clavellata,' 
PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
A host of Cyperaceae thrive in the shade of these swamps, 
Carex leptalea.4 
Carex: sterilis. 
Carex baileyi. 
Carex: intumescens.* 
Carex folliculata australis. 
Carex elliottii. 
Carex turgescens. 
Habenaria repens, 
Habenaria blephariglottis,' 
Habenaria cristata,’ 
truly characteristic for these tree-clad pine-barren swamps, prefer- 
ring their open borders. 
Hypericum fasciculatum. 
Rhexia ciliosa.? 
LInmodorum tuberosum. 
Pogonia ophioglossoides.* 
Here also are found— 
Pogonia divaricata.} 
Aster paludosus. 
Aster purpuratus. 
Arundinaria tecta, formerly abundant in these swampy woods and 
in the hammocks, is now greatly reduced by the continued browsing 
of cattle. 
Hydrophytic herbaceous plant associations.—One group of these 
belong to the open pine-barren swamps and ponds with a sour oozy 
soil filling the frequent depressions in the coast plain. 
nant water of the ponds flourish— 
Castalia odorata. 
Brasenia peltata. 
Limnanthemum tacunosum. 
Cabomba caroliniana. 
Nymphaea advena. 
In the stag- 
Potamogeton diversifolius. 
Utricularia inflata. 
Spirodela polyrhiza. 
Lemna minor. 
Lemna trisulea. 
With Castalia odorata occurs its variety with rose-purplish flowers. 
These all, with floating stems and leaves, form with /lecocharis inter- 
stincta, HE. mutata, and FE. cellulosa a mingling of the Hydrocharidian 
and Limnean classes of hydrophytes. To the latter belong also the 
following types which inhabit the shallower pools and ditches and root 
in loamy silt free from peat: 
Sagittaria mohrii. 
Eleocharis vivipara. 
Sagittaria platyphylla. Eleocharis camptotricha. 
Sagittaria chapmani. Cyperus compressus. 
Utricularia gibba. Cyperus haspan. 
Utricularia biflora. Juncus repens. 
The following prefer the boggy borders of such pools: 
Tillaea simplex. Eryngium prostratum. 
Oldenlandia boscit. Eryngium ovalifolium. 
Oldenlandia littoralis, Pluchea foetida. 
1 Found also in the Carolinian area. 
