394 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Cyperus flavamariscus Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 567. 1864. 
Cyperus flavus Vahl, Enum. 2:373. 1806. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 466. 
West InpiEs, Mexico To BRAZIL. 
AvaBaMa: A fugitive from the tropics. Mobile County, on ballast ground. 
September, 1892-93. Annual. ; ak 
Type locality: ‘Hab. Jamaica!, 41.; Antigua!, Wullsch.; Trinidad!; (Cuba! and 
Mexico to Brazil!).” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus ligularis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2,1:70. 1762. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 659; ed. 3, 534 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 566. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 534, 
Wesr Inpies, Mexico To BRraziL. TROPICAL AFRICA TO THE CAPE. 
Louisianian area. Southern Florida. 
ALABAMA: Adventive from the tropics. Mobile, ballast ground, collected first in 
1891, and again in 1895. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Jamaica.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus ovularis (Michx.) Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3:278. 1836. 
ROUND-HEADED CyprErus, 
Kyllingia ovularis Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 1:29. 1803. 
Mariscus ovularis Vahl, Enum. 2:375. 1806. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,572. Chap. F1.511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 465. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York to Illinois, Missouri, south 
to Florida, and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp grass plots, cultivated ground, most frequent 
in the Coast plain and Central Prairie region. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, 
Escambia, Clarke, and Baldwin counties. July, August. Common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Georgia et Carolina.” : 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus cylindricus (Ell.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 6:339. 1879. Not Chap. 
1887. ; PINE-BARREN CYPERUS. 
Mariscus cylindricus Ell. Sk.1:74. 1817. 
Cyperus ovularis var. cylindricus Torr. Ann. Lyc.N. Y.3:279. 1836. 
Ell. Sk.1:74. Gray, Man.ed.6,572. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:466. Britton, 
Bull. Torr. Club, 7:48, ¢. 3, f. 2. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Long Island, New York, south to Florida, west 
to southwestern Texas. 
ALABAMA: From the coast to the Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, 
Escambia, and Mobile counties. In sandy, dry, and damp soil. Cultivated ground 
and woods. Most common in the Coast Pine belt. June to August. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows in cultivated land of almost every description. (South 
Carolina, Georgia. ]” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus refractus Envelm.; Boeckl. Linnaea, 36: 369. 1869-70. 
REFLEXED CYPERUS. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,572. Britt. and Brown, Ill. Fl. 1: 244. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Missouri, and North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast plain. Rocky hillsides. Dekalb County, 
Lookout Mountain, Mentone; frequent. Alpine Mountain near Renfroe, 1,500 feet. 
October. Mobile Couuty, border of river marshes along the L. & N. R. R. track. 
September 18. Adventive. Perennial. 
Type Jocality: ‘ Missouri.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus retrofractus (L.) Torr. in Gray, Man.519. 1848, RouGH CYPERuvs. 
Scirpus retrofractus L. Sp. Pl.1:50. 1753. 
Mariscus retrofractus Vahl, Enum. 2:375. 1806. 
a 1:74. Gray, Man.ed. 6,572. Chap. Fl. 511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 466. ? 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt to Mountain region. Dry sterile openings, borders of 
woods. Cullman County, 800 feet. Autangw County, Prattville. Mobile County, 
Springhill. Baldwin County. Not infrequent. October, November. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
