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Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:97. 1817. 
. SLENDER FIMBRISTYLIS. 
Scirpus autumnalis L. Mant. 2: 280, 1771. 
S. mucronulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:31. 1803. 
: ct iidiaaiol Gray, Man, ed. 6,578. Chap. Fl. 522. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England to southern Michigan, south to 
Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and from New York to Florida and Texas. 
% ee Throughout the State, inlow ground. August to October; abundant. 
nnual, 
Type locality not ascertained; Roemer & Schultes’ locality: ‘In Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, Jamaica.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STENOPHYLLUS Raf. Neogen.4. 1825. 
About 20 species, in subtropical and tropical regions, North America, 5 mostly 
Southern. 
Stenophyllus stenophyllus (Ell.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:30. 1894. 
TUFTED STENOPHYLLUS. 
Scirpus stenophyllus Ell. Sk. 1:83. 1816. 
Stenophyllus caespitosus Raf. Neogen. 4. 1825. 
Isolepis stenophyllus Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3:353. 1836. 
El. Sk. 1:83. Chap. FI. 523. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp alluvial banks. Mobile Couuty, Choctaw Bluff. 
September; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘(Grows in dry sandy soils. Around Beaufort [8.C.], common. 
James Island.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Stenophyllus ciliatifolius (Ell.) Mohr, Bull Torr. Club, 24:22. 1897. 
FRINGED STENOPIYLLUS. 
Scirpus ciliatifolius Ell. Sk. 1:82. 1816, 
Isolepis ciliatifolia Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. ¥.3: 352. 1836. 
Stenophyllus capillaris (.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:30. 1894, In part. 
Ell. Sk.1:82. Chap. F).523. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 572. 
TROPICAL AFRICA, ASIA, WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry sandy fields. Mobile County, 
Springhill. Baldwin County, Daphne. September to October; frequent. Annual. 
Stems setaceous, rigid, a foot and over in length; umbel, many-rayed; bracts 
short, achene finely pitted in longitudinal rows. 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows in damp soils. Two miles from Beaufort [8.C.], near the 
main road.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:30. 1894. In part. 
HAIRLIKE STENOPHYLLUS. 
Scirpus capillaris L. Sp. Pl. 1:49. 1753. In part. 
Isolepis capillaris Roem. & Schult. Syst. 2:18. 1817. 
Fimbristylis capillaris Gray, Man.530, 1848. 
Gray, Man.ed.6, 578. Chap. Fl. 522. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:236, Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2: 470. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan and Minnesota, 
and south along the mountains to Tennessee and Florida (Chapman); west to 
Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and the Pacific. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, exposed rocky places. Clay County, Chewahaw 
range, Baldrock, 2,200 feet, in crevices. July 30 (C. Vokr and BE. A, Smith). ; 
Grows in tufts, from 2 to 6 inches high; copious. Difters from the last, with 
which it was united by Dr. Britton, by the low habit of its growth and decided 
northern range of distribution. The characters are as follows: 
Stem capillary, weak, 2 to 4, rarely 6, inches long, as long as or scarcely double 
the length of the leaves; umbel simple with 2 or rarely more sessile or short-stalked 
spikelets, bracts capillary short or elongated, achene less tumid at the top; seen 
under the lens, with sharp transverse wrinkles. 
Type locality: ** Hab. in Virginia, Acthiopia, Zeylona.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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