AMARANTH FAMILY. 491 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated ground. July to October. Abundant. 
A most troublesome weed, Annual. 
Type locality: ‘* Hab. in Indiis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Amaranthus graecizans L. Sp. Pl. 2: 990. 1753. TUMBLEWEED. 
Amaranthus albus L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 1404. 1763. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,428. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:359. Chap. FI. 380. 
MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF EKUROPE, MEXICO. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ontario to British Columbia; southern New 
Eneland and New York to Pennsylvania, thence to Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Found only on ballast. MobileCounty. July, August; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Amaranthus deflexus L. Mant. 2:295. 1771. Low AMARANTH, 
Kurolus deflerus Raf. Fl, Tell. 3:42. 1836. 
Britt. & Br. U1. F1.1:590. Chap. FL. ed. 3, 400. 
BRAZIL, PERU, SOUTHERN EUROPE, AFRICA, 
ALABAMA: Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. September, 1891. Annual. 
Also observed in Pensacola, Fla. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Amaranthus muricatus Moq.in DC. Prodr.13, pt. 2:276. 1849. 
MuURICATE AMARANTH, 
PERU, BRAZIL. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive from South America, on ballast, Mobile County. Septem- 
ber, 1891, Annual, 
Type locality: ‘ Prope Mendoza (Gillies!) et Buenos-Avres (Tweedie!).” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SCLEROPUS Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. Goett. 1835. 
One species, West Indies, Florida, 
Scleropus crassipes (Schlecht.) Moq.in DC. Prodr. 13, pt.2:271. 1849. 
AMARANTH-LIKE SCLEROPUS, 
Amaranthus crassipes Schlecht. Linnaea, 6:757. 1831. 
Scleropus amarantoides Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. Goett. 1835, 
Chap. F1. 381. Griseb. I'l. Brit. W. Ind. 68. 
West INpIES, MExIco, PERU. 
Louisianian area, Southern Florida. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County. October, 1892, 1893. Annual. 
Type locality: “In locis paludosis ad rivulos insulae Sti. Thomae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 
ACNIDA L. Sp. P1.2:1027. 1753, 
Four or 5 species, North America, West Indies. Coarse paludial herbs, 
? , 
Acnida cannabina L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1027. 1753. WATER HEMP. 
EM. Sk. 2:694. Gray, Man. ed. 6,429, Chap. FL. 381. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Southern New England, along the coast to Florida, 
Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Margin of brackish marshes. Mobile County, mouth of 
Dog River, One-mile Creek, 5 to 6 feet high, October 8, 1896. Not frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘* Hab. in Virginia paludibus salsis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ALTERNANTHERA R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 417. 1810, 
A vaguely limited genus of about 16 species, of the subtropical and tropical zones, 
Southeastern Atlantic North America, 4. 
Alternanthera polygonoides RK. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Hol. 417. 1827. 
Gomphrena polygonoides L, Sp. Pl. 1: 225. 1753. 
Telanthera polygonoides Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2: 363, 1849, 
Chap. F1. 383. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 67. 
