418 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Ell. Sk.l.c. Chap. F1.540. Conlter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 481. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana and 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Prairie region. Rich woodlands. Blount 
County, Blount Springs. Tuscaloosa County. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley). June; 
local, infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex styloflexa Buckl. Am. Journ. Sci.45:174, 1843. BENT-FRUITED SEDGE. 
Carex fusiformis Chap. Dew. Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2,6: 244, 1849. 
C. laxiflora var. stylofleca Boott, I11.1:37. 1858. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,608. Chap. F 1.540. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 481. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, New Jersey to 
Florida, west to Louisiana and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Coast plain, in damp shady’ 
woods. Winston County, Collier's Creek. Lawrence County (7. M. Peters). Wilcox 
County (Buckley). Mobile County. June; not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Mountains, Macon County, N.C.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex albursina Sheldon, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 284. 1893. 
Whitt Berar VALLEY SEDGE. 
Cares laxiflora var. latifolia Boott, I11.1:38. 1858. Not C. latifolia Moench. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,607. Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl. 1:329. F : 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area. New England to Minnesota, Ohio, and Virginia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. 
Type locality (Boott): “New York, Knieskern. Ohio, Sullivant. Kentucky, Short.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex digitalis Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 298. 1805. SLENDER WOOD SEDGE. 
Carex oligocarpa Muhl. Gram, 242. 1817. 
C. vanvleckit Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.1:69. 1824. 
Ell. Sk. 2:551. Gray, Man. ed. 6,608. Chap. F1.541. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Michigan and 
Illinois, south to New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, and western Louisi- 
ana (Hale). 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocky hillsides. Winston County, Colliers 
Creek, 1,500 feet; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex picta Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 184. 1855. Boott’s SEDGE. 
eg boottiana Benth.; Boott, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist.5:112. 1845. Not Hook. & 
rh. 1841. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,610. Chap. FI. 536. 
Carolinian area. Indiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocky shelves. Winston County, Sipsey 
Valley. Local, rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Drummond (sine nr.) Louisiana. New Orleans.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex nigromarginata Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y.1:68. 1824. BLACK-EDGED SEDGE. 
Carex lucorum var. nigro-marginata Chap. Fl. 539. 1860. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 613. Chap. FI. ed. 3, 567. ° 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas, New York, New Jersey, along the mountains to 
North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry rocky hillsides. Winston County, Colliers 
Creek, 1,500 feet. September; local, not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex floridana Schw. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1:306. 1825. 
Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 567. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 482. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to ‘Texas. . 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry grassy places. Mobile County, Monroe Park (Carl 
Baker). March; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘In the sands of east Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
