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ALABAMA: Lower hills. Coast plain. Waste places, Shelby County, Cahaba 
(BE. A. Smith). Mobile, a frequent ballast weed. Flowers pale purple; June, July. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America meridionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cleome aculeata L. Syst. ed. 12, 3: 282. 1767. PRICKLY CLEOME. 
Griseb. F]. Brit. W. Ind, 16, 
West INDIES, GUIANA. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive with ballast. Mobile. Collected once only, at Hunter’s Wharf, 
June 4, 1893, with seeds perfectly mature. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.ii America, D. Zaega.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb Mohr. 
Cleome pentaphylla L. Sp. Pl. ed.2, 2: 938. 1762. FIVE-LEAVED GYNANDROPSIS. 
Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC. Prodr, 1: 288. 1821. 
Ell. Sk. 2:150. Chap. F1.32. Gray, Syn. FIN, A.1, pt. 1: 188. 
ASIA, Eaypt. 
Warmer parts of America. Most probably introduced from the Old World. 
Escaped from cultivation, Georgia to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. An escape from gardens, and intro- 
duced with ballast; fairly naturalized. Tuscaloosa County. Autauga County, 
Prattville. Mobile County. Flowers rose-color; June, July. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Indiis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Cleome viscosa L. Sp. Pl. 2: 672. 1753. CLAMMY CLEOME. 
CKYLon, Mavanar, West AFRICA, introduced in warmer America. 
Gray, Syn. FI]. N. A. 1, pt. 1: 183. 
ALABAMA: Adventive with ballast. Mobile. Observed from 1878 to 1895. Flowers 
yellow; August, September. Annual. Also reported on ballast from Philadelphia. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Zeylona, Malabaria.”’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
POLANISIA Raf. Journ. Phys. 89:98. 1819. 
Thirty species, warmer regions of the Old and New World, Northern Hemisphere. 
Annuals. 
Polanisia trachysperma Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1: 669. 1840, 
ROUGH-SEEDED POLANISIA. 
Polanisia uniglundulosa Torr. Pac. R. Rep. 4:67, 1857. Not DC. 
Gray, Man. ed.6,75. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 606; ed. 3, 32. Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb 
2:23. Gray, Syn. F1N.A.1, pt. 1: 182. 
MEXICO, 
Sporadically diffused over the western part of the continent. Manitoba to Colo 
rado, Oregon, Arizona, and ‘I'exas. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills. Waste places. Tallapoosa County, Dadeville, 550 
feet; only station. Most probably adventive from the southwest. Flowers pink; 
July. Rare and local. Annual. 
Type locality: “Texas, Drummond!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polanisia tenuifolia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A.1:123. 1838. NARROW-LEAF POLANISIA. 
Chap. FL 31. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 1: 182. 1895, 
Louisianian area, Coast of Georgia and Florida, 
ALABAMA: Sandy hills. Dale County (2. 4. Smith). Annual, 
Type locality: “Georgia, LeConte!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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