410 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Type locality: “In wetsavannas. St. Marys, Fla., Dr. Baldwin; Wilmington, N.C., 
Mr. Curtis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora caduca Ell. 8k.1:62. 1816. RIVERSIDE BEAKED RUSH. 
Ell.lc. Chap. F1.526. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 475. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Wet margins of marshes and streams. Mobile County, 
river marshes. July, August; abundant. 
Economic uses: Cut by the negroes for green fodder. 
Type locality: ‘‘Around Charleston, common.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora schoenoides (Ell.) Britton, Trans. N.Y. Acad.11:92. 1892. 
ELuiotTr’s BEAKED Rust. 
Scirpus schoenoides Ell. Sk.1:89. 1816. 
Rhynchospora multifiora Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y.3: 200. 1835-36. 
RK. elliottit Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1:189. 1839. 
Ell.l.c. Chap. F1.525. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 475. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida west to Louisiana. 
Avapama: Coosa Valley to the Coast plain. Ditches, border of ponds. Etowah 
County, Ballplay, low pine woods. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July. 
Type locality: ‘Found near Savannah by Dr. Baldwin.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora inexpansa (Michx.) Vahl, Enum. 2: 232. 1806. 
NaRROW-SPIKED BEAKED RUSH. 
Schoenus inexpansus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:35. 1803. 
Ell. Sk.1:61. Gray. Man. ed.6,584. Chap. Fl. 525. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:476. ‘ 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to western 
Louisiana and Texas? 
ALaBAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low miry places. Cullman, Mont- 
gomery, Washington, and Mobile counties; common. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Rynchospora miliacea (Lam.) Gray, Ann. Lyc.N. Y.3:198. 1835. 
: PANIC-LIKE BEAKED RUSH. 
Schoenus miliaceus Lam. Tabl. Encycl.1:137. 1791. 
S. sparsus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:35. 1803. 
Ell. Sk.1:62. Chap, F1. 526. 
Cusa. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. Springy places in shady woods. 
Montgomery County, Pentulalla Creek. Autauga County (4. d. Smith). Baldwin 
County, Point Clear. July to August; infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘FE Carolina merid. D. Fraser.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchospora stenophylla Chap. F1.525. 1860. NaRnow-LEAr BrakeED RUSH. 
Rynchospora tenuifolia Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 244, 1866. 
Chap. FI. 525. 
Cuba. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida, 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Borders pine-barren ponds. Mobile County, Grand 
Bay. July, 1889; very rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Low grassy pine barrens, Apalachicola [Fla.].” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CLADIUM P. Br. Civ. & N. Hist. Jam. 14. 1756. Twia Rusu. 
Three species, of temperate and warmerzones. Europe, America. Coarse perennial 
marsh plants. 
Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:372. 1836. Twiga Rusu. 
Schoenus mariscoides Muhl. Gram. 4, 1817. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 586. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, New England, west 
to Michigan, Iowa, and Minnesota, south to Delaware aud Florida. 
