408 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Rynchospora fuscoides Clarke; Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 11:89. 1892. 
Brown BEAKED Rusu. 
Rynchospora fascicularis var. distans Chap. F1.527. Not R. distans (Michx.) Ell. 
R. filifolia Sauv. Fl. Cub. 180. 1873. Not Torr. 
Chap.l.c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 475, 
Cuma. 
Louisianian area. Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low sandy pine barrens. Mobile County. Baldwin 
County, Bayou La Launch. June, July; not infrequent. 
Type locality (Chapman): ‘‘Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. ’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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Rynchospora fascicularis (Michx.) Vahl, Enum. 2: 231. 1806. 
FascicuLaTE BEAKED Rusu. 
Schoenus fascicularis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:37. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:60. Chap. FI. 527. 
Varies greatly in number and length of bristles, from few to more than 6, from 
one-third to the full length of the achenium. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Borders of ponds, ditches. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 
ties. June; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora gracilenta Gray, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 3:216, 1835-36. 
SLENDER BEAKED Rusa. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,585. Chap. Fl. 527. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:475. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Southern New York and New Jersey to Florida, 
west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt, Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Low wet woods and 
pine-barren ponds, Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County. August, 
September; common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Pine barrens of New Jersey; Aug.-Sept. Philipstown, Putnam 
County, N. Y., Dr. Barratt; Salem, N. C., Schweinitz.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora baldwinii Gray, Ann. Lye. N. ¥.3:210. 1835-36. 
BaLpDWin’s BEAKED Rusu. 
Chap. FI. 526. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina and Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
July, August. 
Type locality: “ ‘Georgia, in pine-barren swamps, between the Satilla and Alta- 
maha rivers, December, 1816.’ Dr. Baldwin.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora ciliaris (Michx.) Mohr. FRINGE-LEAF BrakED Rusu. 
Schoenus ciliaris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:36. 1803. 
Rynchospora ciliata Vahl, Enum. 2: 235. 1806. 
Chap. F1. 526. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp low pine barrens. Mobile County. June July; 
not rare. : : : 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora grayii Kunth, Enum. 2:539. 1837. Gray’s BEAKED Rusu. 
Rynchospora distans Hl. Sk. 1:59. 1816. Not Schoenus distans Michx. 
hk. elliotitt Gray, Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:204. 1835. Not Dietrich. 
Chap. F1.526. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:475. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Open d i i iff soi 
Baldwin and Mobile counties, : : ih cei ahaa 
une focality: ras “Tn ee See Wilmington, N. C., Mr. Curtis; Ha- 
vanna, Ga., and New Smyrna, Florida? Dr. Baldwin (sub nom. R. distans.):+ 
County, middle Florida, Dr. Chapman.” me eee 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
