396 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Kyllinga odorata Vahl, Enum. 2:382. 1806. FRAGRANT KYLLINGA, 
Kyllinga sesquiflora Torr. Ann, Lyc. N. Y. 3: 287. 1836. 
Chap. FI.5 2. 
Louisianian area. Middle Florida to Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 
AvaBaMaA: Coast plain to Central Pine belt. Close sandy soil, exposed banks, 
pastures. Most frequent in the low pine barrens of the Coast plain. Autauga County, 
Prattville (EZ. 4. Smith). Montgomery, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. July to 
August. Plant fragrant. Perennial. ; ; 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America meridionali. v. Rohr, Richard.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DULICHIUM Pers. Syn. 1:65. 1805. 
One species, Eastern North America. 
Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:29. 1894, 
Cyperus arundinaceus L. Sp. Pl.1:44. 1753. 
C. spathaceus L. Syst. ed. 12, 2: 735. 1767. 
Scirpus spathaceus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:32. 1803. 
Dulichium spathaceum Pers. Syn.1:65. 1805. 
Ell. Sk. 1:84. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 573. Chap. FI. 513. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 467. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario to the Pacific; van- 
couver Island; New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, sonth to Texas, and 
from the Ohio to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Marshy woods. Cullman, Montgomery, and Mobile 
counties. July to August; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ELEOCHARIS RB. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1: 224. 1810.! 
Over 80 species, mostly perennials of tropical and warmer zones, few boreal. North 
America, 36. Endemic, 22. . 
Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3: 298. 1836. CELLULAR SPIKE-RUSH. 
Scirpus dictyospermus Wright in Sauv. Fl. Cub. 174. 1868. 
Chap. F1.515. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 467. 
BauHamas, CuBa, MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. Florida to western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Shallow, miry ponds. Mobile County, Dog River. July to September; 
rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Wet, sandy marshes. Bay St. Louis [Miss.], Dr. Ingalls.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg.2:148. 1817. 
KNOTTED SPIKE-RUSH. 
Scirpus interstinctus Vahl, Enum. 2:251. 1806. 
S. equisetoides Ell. Sk. 1:79. 1816. 
Eleocharis equisetoides Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3: 296. 1836. 
Ell. Sk.1.c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 574. Chap. Fl. 514. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 571. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 467. 
Wersr INpDIES, MrexIco. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Southern New England, west to Michigan, south 
to North Carolina; Florida to western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shallow ponds. Mobile County, Kelly’s pond. Sub- 
merged banks of Mobile River. Not infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Caribaeis. Martfelt.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 155. 1817. 
QUADRANGULAR SPIKE-RUSH. 
Scirpus mutatus L. Amoen. Acad. 5:391. 1760. 
S. quadranqulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:30. 1803. 
Eleocharis quadrangulata Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 155. 1817. 
Ell. 8k.1:78. Gray, Man.ed.6,574. Chap. F1.515. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 571. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 467. 
'N. L. Britton, Genus Eleocharis in North America, Journ. N. Y. Micros. Soc., vol. 5, 
pp.95 to 111. 1889. 
