FLAX FAMILY. 585 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower Pine belt. Dry open copses, Cullman 
County, 800 feet. Lee County, Anburn (Baker §° Larle, 97). Tuscaloosa County, 
300 feet. Mobile County, Citronelle, 200 feet. Flowers yellow; March, April; fre- 
quent in the rolling pine barrens of the Lower Pine belt. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in cultivated land. Very common near Charleston, inter- 
mingled with Ovalis stricta, with which it has been confounded.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Oxalis cymosa Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 23: 267, 1896, YELLOW PRAIRIE SORREL, 
Britt. & Br. Ill. Fl. 2: 347, 
Typically erect, slender, 10 to 15 inches high, stem wiry, somewhat woody at the 
base, branched above, smoothish, the luxuriant foliage of a bright green. Leaves 
from % to 14 inches in diameter on slender wiry petioles, 1} to 3 inches long; 
leaflets broader than long, acutely notched at the apex; peduncles wiry, slender, 
3 to 44 inches long; pedicels 4 to (3, inch long, erect, subtended by small 
linear-lanceolate bractlets, and like the pedicels villous-pubescent; tlowers pale 
yellow, small, sepals lanceolate, rather obtuse; petals double the length of the 
sepals, many-nerved, capsule columnar, ;4, to j’z inch long, the seeds marked with 
continuous ridges. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Lake Superior and Nebraska, south 
to the Gulf of Mexico. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central prairies. Borders of fields and woods, 
Lee County, Auburn (Karle §° Underwood), Tuscaloosa County, Dallas County, 
Uniontown. Flowers lemon-yellow; end of April to June. Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: Ontario to the Lake Superior region and Nebraska, south to the 
Gulf of Mexico. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Oxalis grandis Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:475. 1894. 
GREAT YELLOW WOoD SORREL. 
Oxalis recurva Trelease, Mem. Bost. Soc, Nat. Hist.4:89. 1888. Not Ell. 
Chap. FI. ed. 3, 65. Britt. & Br, DL. Fl, 2: 347. 
Annual or biennial by a slender rootstock. Stem rather stout, erect, simple or 
sparingly branched, grooved, sparsely villous by scattered hairs, leafy above; leaves 
large 1} to 12 inches wide; leaflets unequal, broader than long, with a shallow but 
acute sinus, acute at the base, slightly ciliate, hairy on the veins, the revolute mar- 
gin purplish brown; inflorescence subeymose or cymose; peduncles 3 to 44 inches 
long, as long as or longer than the leaves; pedicels 4 inch long, erect, not reflexed in 
fruit; flowers large, petals 4 inch long, three times longer than the linear-oblong seg- 
ments of the calyx, pod narrowly oblong, acute, seeds oblong, acute with interrupted 
transverse ridges and 2 longitudinal crests on the back, 
Carolinian area. Pennsylvania to Ohio and Illinois; south to Virginia and North 
Carolina, altitude 2,500 feet; through the Cumberland mountains of Kentucky and 
Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woods. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 
near Mentone, 1,600 feet, May 31. Talladega County, Renfroe, 1,000 feet. Lee County, 
Auburn (Farle §- Underwood), 
Type locality: Many stations are cited within the above range. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Oxalis violacea L. Sp. Pl.1:484. 1755. PURPLE WooD SORREL. 
Ell. Sk. 1:525. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 105. Chap. Fl. 63. Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb, 
2:52, 
CUBA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England to Colorado, south to 
Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Lauderdale and Montgomery coun- 
ties. Mobile. Flowers rose-purple; April. Not infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
LINACEAE. Flax Family. 
LINUM L. Sp. Pl. 1:277, 1753, 
Ninety species, temperate and warmer regions, cosmopolitan. 
Linum virginianum L. Sp. P1l.1:279. 1753. WILD YELLOW FLAX. 
EM. Sk. 1:375. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 102, Chap. Fl. 62. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:46. 
