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OXALIDACE.E - LINAGES - ZYGOPHYLLACf:,K 



* O Oxalis comiculata. L. ' 



Cultivated land, roadsides etc. 



A weed now spread with other cultivatiolis all over 



the world. 



All the year. 



LINACEyE. 

 The Flax Family. 



O Linum gallicum. L. B. t. 9. C. 



Cultivated land, every where. 

 Medit. region, Algier, Madeira. 



All the summer. 



O Linum strictum. L. B. t. 9 D. 



Cultivated land etc. 



Med. region, N. Africa to Abyssinia, Azores and 

 Canaries. 



ilay-July. 



% Linum tenuifolitmi. L. B. t. 10 C. 



Dry banks, roks, etc. expecially along the road to 

 the Mortola Cross. 



Medit. region to Central Europe and the Orient. 



May-July. 



ZYGOPHYLLAOEtE. 



O Tribulus terrestris. L. « Tribolo » Italian. 



Near the sea and other sandy places. 



Medit. region. 



Capsel falling into 3-5 parts, each contain in g 2-3 

 seeds, and armed with 2-3 short pungent emergences, 

 which easily penetrate and can be very painful (hence 

 « tribolare ») to animals, which in this way help to 

 propagate the plant. 



