SEDGES. 393 
Cyperus strigosus L. Sp. Pl.1:47. 1753. STRIGOSE-SPIKED CYPERUS. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,571. Chap. F1.507. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 464. 
JAPAN. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Nebraska. 
South all over the Atlantic States to Florida and Texas; also in California. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. July to September; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in paludibus Jamaicae, Virginiae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus strigosus robustior Kunth, Enum. 2:88. 1837. 
‘Spikelets large, elongated, 20 to 30 flowered.” 
Louisianian area. Western Tennessee?, Florida, west to Louisiana and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Open swamps. Mobile County, river marshes. August, September; 
2 to 3 feet high; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘America borealis et ? merid. (Insulae Sandwicenses, Beechey. )” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus stenolepis Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:263. 1836.. Pate MarsH CyPERus. 
Chap. F1.507. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 404, 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. In grassy swamps. Mobile County, 
river marshes; June. Lee County (Baker § Earle). Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Wilmington, N. C., Mr. Curtis!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Cyperus dissitiflorus Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:266. 1836 : 
SPARSELY-FLOWERED CYPERUS. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 659; ed.3, 534. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 464. 
MEXICO, BrRaziL (fide Boeckeler). 
Louisianian area. Florida to western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Rich shaded woods and copses. Mobile County, Dau- 
phin Island. Baldwin County, Blakely. August and September; infrequent. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Near New Orleans, Hooker!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl. Gram. 20. 1817. RED-ROOTED CYPERUS. 
Cyperus tenuiflorus Ell. Sk.1:70. 1817. Not Rottboell. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,571. Chap. F1.512. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 465. 
Ell. Sk. 1c. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England west to Minnesota, 
south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and from New York to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region to the Coast plain. Borders 
of swamps. Lauderdale, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Mobile, and Baldwin counties, 
Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.ad rivos Pennsylvaniae, floret Aug.—Sept. etiam in Carolina 
Septen. et Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus speciosus. Vahl, Enum. 2:364. 1806. MicHaux’s CYPERUS. 
Cyperus michauxianus Schult. Mant. 2:123. 1824, 
Eli. Sk. 1:72. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 572? Chap. Fl. 507. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 215. 
Poulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 465. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England, New Jersey west to 
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Tennessee, south to Florida and ‘Texas, and 
in California. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to the Coast plain. Border of marshes, alluvial 
swamps. Mobile County, river swamps. Frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus engelmanni Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 47. 1855. ENGELMANN’S CYPERUS. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 572. ? ; 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Massachusetts west*to Wisconsin. 
ALABAMA: Banks of Mobile River. Adventive from the Northern States; observed 
only once. Perennial. _ 
Type locality: ‘St. Louis, Mo.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
