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 ALOE. 
About 100 species, perennials, mostly Mexican. United States 14, mostly south- 
western continental and on the Pacific slope (LowerSonoranarea). Atlantic States, 1. 
Agave virginica L. Sp. Pl. 1: 323. 1753. Fause ALOE. THICK-LEAVED SNAKE Roor. 
Ell. 8k.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: 306. 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. FI. ed. 3, 495. 
Louisianian area. Western Florida. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, near the coast. Dry pine barrens. Mobile County, 
Springhill (7. W. Bush.) August. Rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Low pine barrens, near the coast, West Florida.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
LOPHIOLA Ker-Gawl. Bot. Mag. 40: ¢. 1596, 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, t. 6. 1814. 
Lophiola aurea Ker-Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1596. 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 1:403. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 512. Chap. FI. 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. 
