. 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. The plant of the Atlantic Coast, from Massachusetts to Georgia, has somewhat smaller flowers and capsules than the Florida type, and has recently been described as distinct from it as Linum intercursum Bicknell. 5. Cathartolinum catharticum (L.) Small. Dwarf or Cathartic Flax. Fig. 2681. Linum catharticum L. Sp. PI. 281. 1753. Cathartolinum catharticum Small, N
. 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. The plant of the Atlantic Coast, from Massachusetts to Georgia, has somewhat smaller flowers and capsules than the Florida type, and has recently been described as distinct from it as Linum intercursum Bicknell. 5. Cathartolinum catharticum (L.) Small. Dwarf or Cathartic Flax. Fig. 2681. Linum catharticum L. Sp. PI. 281. 1753. Cathartolinum catharticum Small, N. A. Fl. 25': 74. 1907. Annual, slender, glabrous, usually branched, 3'-8' high. Leaves all opposite sessile, oval or some- what obovate, entire, 2"-4' long; flowers axillary and terminal, white, 2"-3" broad, on long slender erect or ascending pedicels; sepals lanceolate, acute or acuminate; petals obovate; pod small, globose. Along low sandy seashore, Pictou, Nova Scotia and in Ontario. Naturalized from Europe where it is abundant on chalky soils. Called also fairy, mountain, mill-mountain, or purging flax. Fairy lint. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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