414 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carex elliottii Schw. & Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. ¥.1:357, 1825. ELLIOTT’s SEDGE. 
Carex castanea Ell, Sk. 2:546. 1821-24. 
C. baldwiniana Dew. Am. Journ. Sci. 26:107. 1834. 
Ell. Sk. 2:546. Chap. FI. 544. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi.” 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Boggy margins of brooks. Mobile County, Fowl River 
Station, Grand Bay. April, May; infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘In wet pine barrens, Chatham County, Ga., Elliott.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex turgescens Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3:419. 1836. PINE-BARREN SEDGE, 
Chap. FI. 544. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Low banks of pine-barren streams. 
Mobile County, Grand Bay, Mount Vernon. April, May; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘New Orleans, Dr. 7. Ingalls!” : 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex lurida Wahl. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. ser. 2, 24:153. 1803. SaLtow Separ. 
Carex tentaculata Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:266. 1805. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 595. Chap. F1.543. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 477. 
Canadian zone to Lonisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and 
New England, west to Minnesota, Missouri; New York, south to Alabama, Loui- 
siana, Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Grassy swales. Lawrence County 
(T. M. Peters). Blount County, bottom of Mulberry River. Tuscaloosa County 
(i, A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Saker § Earle). Mobile County, western shore 
Mobile Bay. May, June; not common. 
Type locality not ascertained; Muhlenberg’s locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex baileyi Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 22:220. 1895. Bai.ey’s SEDGR. 
Carex tentaculata var. gracilis Boott, Ill. 94. 1858. Not C. gracilis R. Br. 1810. 
Britt. and Brown, Ill. Fl. 1: 299. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Southern New England to Virginia and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Swamps. Tuscaloosa and Mobile 
counties, May, June; not infrequent. 
Type locality: “Tennessee, Lesquereur.” Vermont, Chapman. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex frankii Kunth, Enum. 2:498, 1837. FRANK’s SEDGE. 
Carex stenolepis Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3: 420. 1836. Not Lessing, 1831. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,596. Chap. 1.537. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 478. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley to upper Georgia, 
Louisiana, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Boggy woods. ‘Tuscaloosa County : 
(2. 4; Smith). Mobile County. July; not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Baltimore Pennsylvaniac.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex squarrosa L. Sp. Pl. 2:973. 1753. SQuarrRosE SEDGE. 
Carex typhina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:169. 1803. 
. on Sk. 2:526. Gray, Man. ed. 6,596. Chap. Fl. 537. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
‘Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario and New England, west to Michigan 
and New York, and from the Ohio Valley to Missouri, Georgia, Texas, and Arkansas. 
ao Mountain region. Damp woods. Cullman County. June; rare in the 
ate. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Canada, Kalu.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex torta Boott; Tuckerm. Enum. Meth. 11. 1843. TWISTED SEDGE, 
Boott, 1. 63, t. 169. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 600. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Vermont south along the mountains to North 
Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lawrence County, Big Nancy Creek (T. M. Peters). 
wore locality (Boott, Ill.): “In America septentrionali. New England to New 
ork. 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
