. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. LINACEAE. Vol. II. 3. Cathartolinum medium (Planch.) Small. Stiff Yellow Flax. Fig. 2679. Linum virginianuni var, medium Planch. Lond. Bot. 7 : 480. 1848. Linum medium Britton in Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 2: 349. 1897. Cathartolinum medium Small, N. A. Fl. 25*: ';;2. 1907, Perennial by suckers, glabrous ; stems erect, striate, stiff, not angled, corymbosely
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. LINACEAE. Vol. II. 3. Cathartolinum medium (Planch.) Small. Stiff Yellow Flax. Fig. 2679. Linum virginianuni var, medium Planch. Lond. Bot. 7 : 480. 1848. Linum medium Britton in Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 2: 349. 1897. Cathartolinum medium Small, N. A. Fl. 25*: ';;2. 1907, Perennial by suckers, glabrous ; stems erect, striate, stiff, not angled, corymbosely branched above, the branches erect-ascending both in flower and in fruit; leaves firm, appressed-ascending, the lowest com- monly spatulate and opposite, the others lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, 4"-i2" long, 4"-2" wide; pedicels i"-3" long, the lower rarely longer than the calyx; sepals ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, acute, about equalling the depressed-globose capsule, which is about l' high. In dry soil, Vermont to Ontario, Massachusetts, Flor- ida, Missouri and Texas. June-Aug. 4. Cathartolinum floridanum (Planch.) Small. Florida Yellow Flax. Fig. 2680. Linum virginianuni var. floridaniim{?) Planch, Lond. Journ. Bot. 7: 480. 1848. Linum floridanum Trel. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 5: 13. 1887. Cathartolinum floridanum Small, N. A. Fl. 25': 72. 1907. Perennial, glabrous, stem strict, stiff, terete, i4°-2j° high, corymbosely branched above, the branches erect- ascending, slightly angled. Leaves acute, the lowest mostly opposite, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, the others linear-lanceolate, appressed-ascending, alter- nate, s"-io" long, 4"-2" wide; fruiting branches erect-ascending; fruiting pedicels shorter than or little exceeding the calyx, or the lowest ones slightly longer; sepals ovate, acute or acuminate, about equal- ling the capsule; capsule ovoid, about l4" long; petals yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Eas
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