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 (Z. 4. Smith). 
Mobile County, Citronelle. Flowers yellow. April, May. Notinfrequent 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. Il. Fl. 2:349. 1897. 
Linum virginianum 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 * * 3 Kentucky, Dr. 
Short.” * 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Linum floridanum (Planch.) Trelease, Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:13. 1886. 
SOUTHERN YELLOW FLax. 
Linum virginianum var. floridanum Planch. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7:480. 1848. 
Chap. FI. 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 Fax. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,102. Chap. F1.63; 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, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Moist thickets. Clay County, Shin- 
bone Valley, 1,000 feet. Iayette County (2. A. Smith). Montgomery and Mobile 
counties. Flowers yellow. May, June. Frequent. Several stems from the same 
root. Perennial. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Linum sulcatum Riddell, Suppl. Cat. Ohio Pl. 10. 1836. GRoovED YELLOW Fax. 
Linum boottit Planch. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7:475. 1848. 
Gray, Man.ed.6,102. Chap. F1.63. 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. Autanga 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, F].N. A.1:218. 1840. 
; LARGEST CALTROPS, 
Tribulus maximus L. Sp. Pl. 1:386. 1753, 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 134. 
