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CUBA. \ 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Coast of New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Shallow pine-barren swamps. Mobile 
County. July to October; abundant. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Americae septentrionalis paludibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hriocaulon compressum Lam. Encycl. 3: 276, 1789. FLATTENED PIPEWORT. 
Eriocaulon gnaphalodes Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:165. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:565. Gray, Man. ed. 6,567. Chap. F1.503. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Boggy swamps, muddy ditches in 
the pine barrens. Abundant in the Coast plain. May to October. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Cette plante croit dans la Caroline méridionale.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
LACHNOCAULON Kunth, Enum. 3: 497. 1841. 
Four species, southeastern North America. Perennials. 
Lachnocaulon anceps (Walt.) Morong, Bull. Torr. Club, 18: 360. 1891. 
Hairy PIPEWorT. 
Erjocaulon anceps Walt. F1. Car. 83. 1788. 
E, villosum Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 2:166. 1803. 
Lachnocaulon michauxit Kunth, Enum. 3:497. 1841. 
Ell. Sk. 2:566. Gray, Man. ed. 6,567. Chap. F1. 504. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Sandyclose soil. Southern Virginia to Florida, 
west to Mississippi. ‘ : 
ALABAMA: Throughout the Coast Pine belt. Most frequent in the Coast plain. 
Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin counties. March to June. 
Flowers white. Common. 
Type locality: ‘ South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lachnocaulon glabrum Koernicke, Linnaea, 27: 568. 1854. SmooTH PIPEWORT. 
Chap. FI. 504. 
Louisianian area. Florida. 
‘ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Sandy shore of West Fowl River. Only locality. 
April 20. 1868. Rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ America borealis: Florida attul. Cabanis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DUPATYA Vell. Fl. Flum. 35, no. 42. 1825. 
(PAEPALANTHUS Mart. Nov. Act. Caes. 18:13. 1833-1835.) 
About 215 species, South America; mostly Brazil. Perennials. 
Dupatya flavidula (Michx.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl.2:745. 1891. YELLOw Dupatia. 
Eriocaulon flavidulum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:166. 1803. 
Paepalanthus flavidulus Kunth, Enum. 3:532. 1841. 
Ell. Sk. 2:566. Chap. FI. 503. . : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida. 
AtaBaMa: Littoral region. Damp sandy pine barrens. Baldwin County, Jose- 
phine, in wet sand forming dense tufts. Flowers yellowish, appearing in June 
and July. Infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BROMELIACEAE. 
TILLANDSIA L. Sp. Pl. 1:286. 1753. 
About 120 species, perennials. Epiphytes, mostly in subtropical and tropical 
America; southeastern North America, 1. 
Tillandsia usneoides L. Sp. Pl.ed.2,1:411. 1762. Moss. Spanish Moss. 
Ell. Sk.1:379. Gray, Man.ed.6,511. Chap. Fl. 472. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:426. Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 598. 
