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Cyperus lancastriensis Porter 3 Gray, Man. ed.5,555, 1867. LANCASTER CYPERUS. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,572. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 659. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey and Peunsylvania. 
ALABAMA: Central and Lower Pine region, open copses. Tuscaloosa County (#. A. 
Smith). Mobile County, Springhill. October; rare. Perennial. 
peteepeeeiity: ‘‘Rich soil, banks of the Susquehanna near Lancaster, Penn., Prof. 
‘orter, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus filiculmis Vahl, Enum. 2: 328. 1816. SLENDER C!'YPERUS. 
Cyperus mariscoides Ell. Sk. 1:67, 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,570. Chap. F1.511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 466. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Minnesota, 
Nebraska, Illinois, and Tennessee; south to Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Missonri. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. In dry pine barrens. Bibb County. 
Escambia County, Flomaton. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July to August; fre- 
quent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus martindalei Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15:98. 1888. 
MARTINDALE’S CYPERUS. 
Louisianian area. Western Florida. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain, arid sandy places. Mobile County, 
Langdou’s Station, Citronelle, Chastangs Bluff. June, July; not infrequent. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cyperus echinatus (Ell.) Wood, Classbook, 734. 1863. BaLpwin’s CYPEKUS. 
Mariscus echinatus Ell. Sk. 1:75, t. 3, f. 7. 1816. 
Cyperus baldwinit Torr. Anu. Lye. N. Y.3:270. 1836. 
Ell. Sk.1:75. Chap. Fl.511. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 466. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, 
Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: From the Coast Plain to Central Pine belt. Cultivated and waste 
places. Mobile, Baldwin, and Montgomery counties. Autanga County, Prattville. 
September to October; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Grows in cultivated land. Very common. [South Carolina, 
Georgia. ]” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
KYLLINGA Rottb. Deser. et Icon. 12, t. 4, f. 3,4. 1773. 
About 30 to 40 species, of the warmer regions. Africa, North and South America, 
Australia. 
Kyllinga pumila Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:28. 1803. Low KYLLINGA. 
Ell. Sk. 1:55. Gray, Man. ed.6, 573. Chap. Fl. 512. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 466. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to Florida, 
Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low wet banks. Talladega County, Renfroe. Tusca- 
loosa and Mobile counties. August to September; not frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Shavanensium regione, ad annem Scioto.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. Descr. & Icon. 18, t.4, f. 3. 1773. 
SHORT-LEAVED KYLLINGA. 
Kyllinga monocephala L, f. Suppl. 104. 1781. In part. 
Ell. Sk.1:54. Chap. Fl. ed. 3,540. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 568. : 
Rhizoma slender, creeping; culm erect, slender, 10 to 20 inches high; leaves linear, 
flat, single, and much shorter than the stem; flowers in a single globose head; fertile 
scale with a green serrulate keel conspicuously 7 to 9 nerved, oblong-lanceolate, 
recurveil-mucronate; twice as long as the pale roundish achenium. Perennial. 
WEsT INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. : 
Louisianian area. Coast of southern Georgia and Florida. 
AtaBaMa: Coast plain. Damp open places, border of ditches. Mobile County. 
October and November; not rare. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
