416 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carex caroliniana Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. ¥.1:67. 1824. CAROLINA SEDGE. 
Carex smithii Porter; Olney, Car. Bor. Am.2, name only. 1871, Not Tausch. 1821. 
C. triceps smithii Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 13:88. 1888. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,603. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:479. Seas, 2 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Mississippi, 
Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp shady places, copses, borders 
of woods. Mobile County, April. Cullman County. Wilcox County (Buckley). 
April; common; most abundant near the coast. 
Type locality: “Carolina.” 
Herb. G3ol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex cherokeensis Schwein. Aun. Lyc.N. Y.1:71. 1824. CHEROKEE SEDGE. 
Carex recurva Muhl. Gram. 262. 1817. 
Schwein. & Torr. Ann. Lyc.N. Y. 1: 369, ¢. 25, f.1. Chap. F1.542. Wats. Bot. Calif. 
2:248. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 480. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Western Florida to mountains of northwestern 
Georgia, west to Mississippi, Louisiana, central Texas, and California. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich damp forests. Montgomery County, Ala- 
bama River bottom. Henry and Franklin counties. Wilcox County (Buckley). May, 
June; frequent in the region. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Cherokee.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex oblita Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 231. 1855. Dark GREEN SEDGE. 
Carex glabra Boott, T1l,1:93. 1858. 
C. venusta glabra Bailey, Proce. Am. Acad, 22:105. 1886. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 604, as C. venusta minor Boeckl. Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 1: 321. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 
western Louisiana (Hale). 
ALaBaMA: Mountain region and Coast plain. Grassy swamps along streams. 
Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County, Dog River. Lee County, Auburn 
(Baker §: Earle, 534). 
Type locality: ‘Herb. Drummond, no. 434. New Orleans.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex debilis pubera Gray, Man. ed.5, 593. 1868. ELEGANT SEDGE. 
Carex venusta Boott, I11.1:51. 1858. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 604. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, Virginia south to North 
Carolina, eastern Louisiana, and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa County (HZ. A. Smith). May; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Bear Meadows, Centre County, Penn., Prof. Porter.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex debilis prolixa Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22:105. 1886. 
DIFFUSE-VYLOWERED SEDGE. 
Carex debilis var. Boott, T11.1:92. 1858. f 
Chap. FI. 511, in part. Coulter, Coitr. Nat. Herb. 2:480, as C. debilis Michx. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast Pine belt. Swampy banks of pine-barren 
streams. Mobile County, Citronelle, Springhill. Baldwin County. April, May; 
not infrequent. ‘ 
Type locality: ‘Florida, Chapman, to Louisiana, Drummond, Hale, Langlois.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex oxylepis Torr. & Hook. in Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.3:409. 1836. 
SHARP-SCALED SEDGE. 
Chap. F1.538. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:479. 
Lonisianian area. South Carolina, western Florida to Louisiana and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Low open woods. Wilcox County (S. B. 
Buckley), Dallas Connty, near Uniontown. June; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Texas, 7. Drummond!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex amphibola Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 234. 1855. NaRROW-LEAVED SEDGE. 
Carex grisea angustifolia Boott, Ill. 1:34. 1858. 
C. cryptandra Schwein.; Olney in Hall’s Pl. Tex. 25. 1873. 
C, grisea var. (?) rigida Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1:56. 1889. 
