MALLOW FAMILY. 615 



At,abama: Lower Tiue rej^ion. Grassy glades. Washington County, Healing 

 Springs. Flowei's purple (mageuta), August; infrequent. Perennial. 

 Type locality : "Hab. in Luisiana. Observata a D. Fontenette." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Callirrhoe alceoides (Michx.) Gray, PI. Fendl. 18. 1849. Alcea-likk Mallow. 



Sicla alceoides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 44. 1803. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 98. Chap. Fl. 54. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 36. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Kentucky to Nebraska and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt. B\hh C onnt j {E. A. Smith). Flowers purple, August; 

 rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Ilab. in giareosis Kentucky et Tennassce." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 



Callirrhoe triangulata (Leavenworth) Gray, PI. Fendl. 18. 1849. 



Trianoular-leaf Mallow. 



Malva triangulata Leavenworth, Am. .Jouru. Sci. 7 : 62. 1824. 



Gray, Man. ed, 6, 98. Chap. Fl. 53. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, and southern 

 Mississippi. 



Alabama: Prairie region. Montgomery County (Leavemvorth). Not collected 

 since in the State. Plentiful near Alabama State line on the banks of the Tombigbee 

 River in Mississippi. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Montgomery County, Alabama." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SIDA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 683. 1753. Sida. 



Eighty species, subtropical and tropical regions of the globe. North and South 

 America, about 50. 



Sida cordifolia L. Sp. PI. 2 : 684. 1753. Velvety Sida. 



Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 73. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1. pt. 1 : 323. 



West Indies, Mexico to Brazil. 



Louisiana area. Florida, Louisiana. 



Alabama: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile, September, 1893; not found since. Per- 

 ennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in India." 



Herb. (4eol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sida spinosa L. Sp. PI. 2:683. 1753, Spiny Sida. 



• Ell. Sk. 2 : 161. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 99. Chap. Fl. 54. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 74. 



Widely diffused over warmer regions. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, Ohio Valley, Missouri, 

 south to the Gulf, from Florida to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Over the State. Cultivated ground, waste places. Flowers yellow, 

 June to November ; a common weed. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in India utraque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sida urens L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 963. 1763. 



Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 75. 



Troi'ical America and Africa. 



Alabama: Mobile. Fugitive on ballast. September, 1889. Rarely observed. 

 Perennial. 



Stems 2 to 2^ feet long, slender, trailing. 



Type locality: "Hab, in Jamaica." 



Herb. Gool. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sida acuta Burm. Fl. Ind. 147. 1768, Acute-fruited Sida, 



Sida carpinifolia auct. 



S. glabra Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:90. 1834, 



Gray, Syn. Fl, N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 324. 



Tropical regions. 



Louisianian area. Florida. Most probably introduced. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Waste places near dwellings. A frequent ballast weed. 

 Flowers deep yellow, July to October. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in India." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



