448 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
CRINUM L. Sp. Pl. 2:92. 1753. 
About 60 species, perennials. West Indies, South America, North America. South 
Atlantic States, 1. 
Crinum americanum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 292. 1753. 
Chap. F1. 468. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 430 b, 
MEXICO, CUBA. 
Louisianian area, Florida to Louisiana, eastern Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Open marshes and river swamps. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. May to July. Flowers white, fragrant; anthers purple. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
AGAVE L. Sp. Pl.1: 323. 1753. AMERICAN ALOK, 
About 100 species, perennials, mostly Mexican, United States 14, mostly south- 
western continental and on the Pacific slope (Lower Sonoranarea). Atlantic States, 1. 
Agave virginica L. Sp. Pl.1: 323. 1753. Fause ALOK. THICK-LEAVED SNAKE Roor. 
Ell. Sk.1:402. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 516. Chap. F 1.468. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 
429, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Maryland, Virginia, southern Indiana, Missouri; 
throughout the South Atlantic and Gulf States west to the Rio Grande in Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry rocky and sandy soil. open woods. Most frequent. 
in the mountains. Lawrence County, Moulton, Cullman, ‘Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, 
Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. July. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
HYPOXIS L. Syst. ed. 10,2: 986. 1759. 
Fifty species; tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, tropical and Atlantic America, 
United States, 3. 
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville, Mem. Torr. Club. 5: 118. 1894. STAR Grass, 
Ornithogalum hirsutum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 806. 1753. 
Hypoxis erecta L. Syst. ed. 10, 2: 986. 1759. 
Ell. Sk.1:396. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 517. Chap. F1.468. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2° 429, 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Assiniboia, Ontario; throughout the Atlantic 
States west to Texas, Arkansas, and eastern Kansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Open grassy woods, Prairies; common everywhere. 
Flowers yellow. March to July. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Hypoxis rigida Chap. Fl. ed. 8, 495. 
Louisianian area, Western Florida. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, near the coast. Dry pine barrens. Mobile County, 
Springhill (7. IV. Bush.) August. Rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Low pine barrens, near the coast, West Florida.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
LOPHIOLA Ker-Gawl. Bot, Mag. 40: ..159), 1814, 
One species, North America, South Atlantic States. 
Lophiola americana (Pursh) Coville, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 5: 118, 1894. 
Conostylis americana Pursh, Fl, Am. Sept. 1: 224, . 6. 1814. 
Lophiola aurea Ker-Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 7596. 1814. 
El]. Sk. 1:403. Gray, Man. ed. 6,512. Chap. Fl. 470. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, New Jersey, along the coast to Florida, west 
to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt. Coast plain. Boggy pine-barren swamps. Escambia 
County, Flomaton, Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers in June, July; yellow. 
Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: “In boggy soil, on the pine barrens of New Jersey and Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
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