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ALABAMA: Littoral Tegion, brackish marshes. Baldwin County, Bayou La Launch, 
June, July; rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in spongiosis Pennsylvanize, floret Julio.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cladium effusum (Sw.) Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. ¥.3:374. 1836. Saw Grass, 
Schoenus effusus Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Oce. 19. 1788. 
El. Sk.1.c. Chap. F1.530. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 476. 
jee area. North Carolina to Florida, west to southwestern Texas and 
rkansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Littoral belt. Deep marshes, fresh or brackish. Mobile 
County, river swamps. Baldwin County, Bon Secour, saline marshes. July, 
August; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: West Indian. Torrey’s locality: ‘Ponds and fresh marshes. Wil- 
mington and Newbern, N.C., Mfr. Curtis! J: Mr. Croom!; South Carolina, Elliott; 
New Orleans and Texas, T. Drummond.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SCLERIA Berg. Kong]. Acad. Sv. Handl. 26:142,t.4,f.5. 1765.' Nur Rusu. 
About 100 species, perennials, of warmer temperate and tropical regions. 
Scleria triglomerata Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:168. 1803. TaLt Nur Rusu. 
Ell. Sk. 2:558. Gray, Man. ed. 6,586. Chap. F1. 531. 
BRAZIL. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England (Massachusetts), west 
to Michigan and Minnesota, south to New Jersey, the Carolinas, Florida, Arkansas, 
Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky. 
ALABAMA: Over the State, open woods, in light soil. June, July; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria oligantha Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 167. 1803. FEW-FLOWERED Nut Rusu. 
Ell. Sk. 2:557. Gray, Man. ed. 6,587. Chap. F1.531. Coulter, Contr. Herb. 2: 476. 
Cusa. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Central Pine belt. Dry copses. Lee County, Auburn 
(Baker §: Earle, 582). Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). May; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in pratensibus sylvaticis Carolinae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria torreyana Walp. Ann.3:696. 1852-53. Torrey'’s Nut Rusu. 
Scleria reticularis Muhl. Gram. 266. 1817. Not Michx. 
S. lara Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:376. 1836. Not R. Br. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,587. Chap. Fl. 531; ed. 3,559. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 476, 
Cuba, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, PERU. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low wet pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
August, September; not infrequent. ; : 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria ciliata Michx. Fl. Am. 2: 167. 1803. SOUTHERN Nur Rusu. 
Ell. Sk. 2:559. Chap. F1. 531. : : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower Pine belt and Coast plain. Dry pine bar- 
rens. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J: Earle, 580). Mobile County, Grand Bay, Spring- 
hill. June to August. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scleria elliottii Chap. F1.531. 1860. Evxiotr’s Nut Rusu. 
Scleria hirtella var. strigosa Ell. Sk. 2:560. 1821-24. 
Cuba. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
IN. L. Britton, Revision of the North American species of the genus Scleria, Ann. 
N. Y. Acad. Sci. vol. 3, pp. 228 to 237. 1885, 
