586 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to Michigan ; Ohio Valley to 

 Missouri, south to Arkansas and Texas, and from New York to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Undoubtedly scattered throughout the State in dry sandy soil, col- 

 lected, however, only in a few localities. Lower hills. Fayette County ( /;. A. Smith). 

 Mobile County. Citronelle. Flowers yellow. April, May. Not infrequent in the dry 

 pine barrens of the Lower Pine belt. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia, Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Linum medium (Planch.) Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 349. 1897. 



Linum Virginian um var. medium Planch. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7: 480. 1848. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Dry sandy woods. Mobile County, Springhill, Citronelle. Baldwin 

 County, Josephine. Flowers pale yellow. July, August. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Canada, lacus Huron, Dr. Todd * * ; Kentucky, Dr. 



Short." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Linum floridanum (Planch.) Trelease, Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2 : 13. 1886. 



SOUTHERN YELLOW FLAX. 



Linum virginianum vsw.Jloridanum Planch. Loud. Jouru. Bot. 7 : 480. 1848. 



Chap. Fl.'ed. 3,64. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida. 



, ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower Metamorphic hills. Lee County, near Auburn 

 (Baker $ Earle, 93). Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties. Flowers pale yellow. May, June. Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Florida, Dr. Chapman." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Linum striatum Walt. Fl. Car. 118. 1788. SWAMP YELLOW FLAX. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 102. Chap. Fl. 63 ; ed. 3, 64. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 47. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario ; eastern Massachusetts and 

 New York to Missouri and Nebraska; south from Tennessee to Florida, Avest to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Moist thickets. Clay County, Shin- 

 bone Valley, 1,000 feet. Fayette County (E. A. Smith). Montgomery and Mobile 

 counties. Flowers yellow. May, June. Frequent. Several stems from the same 

 root. Perennial. 



Type locality : 

 Herb. Geol. Su] 



South Carolina, 

 'v. Herb. Mohr. 



Linum sulcatum Riddell, Suppl. Cat. Ohio PI. 10. 1836. GROOVED YELLOW FLAX. 



Linum boottii Planch. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 : 475. 1848. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 102. Chap. Fl. 63. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 47. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; Northwest Territory, Massachusetts, 

 west to Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska, southern Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, and 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Dry open ground. Autauga County near 

 Prattville, quite abundant. Flowers pale yellow; June. Local. Annual. 



Type locality : " Dover, Ohio, August 30, 1830," ex. Herb. Riddell. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Linum berlandieri Hook. Bot. Mag. 63 : t. 3480. 1836. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 47. 



ALABAMA: Adventive through wool on the dumping ground of the old woolen 

 mills, Prattville, Autauga County. Collected July, 1880. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Texas." Found by Berlandier at"Bejar"and later by Drum 

 mond "at Rio Brazos and San Felipe." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



ZYGOPHYLLACEAE. Bean-Caper Family. 

 KALLSTROEMIA Scop. Introd. 212. 1777. 



Twelve species, warmer regions. Asia, America. 



Kallstroemia maxima (L. ) Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 213. 1840. 



LARGEST CALTROPS. 

 Tribulus maximus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 386. 1753. 



Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 134. 



L. Sp. 

 .Ind. 



