AMARANTH FAMILY. 491 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated ground. July to October. Abundant. 

 A most troublesome weed. Annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in ludiis." 

 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. FL 380. 



MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF EUROPE, MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to British Columbia ; southern New 

 England and New York to Pennsylvania, thence to Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Found only on ballast. Mobile County. July, August; rare. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Amaranthus deflexus L. Mant. 2 : 295. 1771. Low AMARANTH. 



Eujcolus deflexus Raf. Fl. Tell. 3 : 42. 1836. 



Britt. & Br. 111. FL 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. 



M URIC ATE AMARANTH. 



PERU, BRAZIL. 



ALABAMA : Fugitive from South America, on ballast. Mobile County. Septem- 

 ber, 1891. Annual. 



Type locality: "Prope Mendoza (Gillies!) et Buenos-Ayres (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. Fl. 381. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W, Ind. 68. 

 WEST INDIES, 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. Thoniae." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ACNIDA L. Sp. PL 2 : 1027. 1753. 



Four or 5 species, North America, West Indies. Coarse paludial herbs. 

 Aciiida carmabiiia L. Sp. PL 2 : 1027. 1753. WATER HEMP. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 694. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 429. Chap. FL 381. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiaii 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 R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Hoi. 417. 1827. 

 Gomphrena polyf/onoides L. Sp. PL 1 : 225. 1753. 

 Telanthera polygonoides Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2 : 363. 1849. 

 Chap. Fl. 383. Griseb. FL Brit. W. Ind. 67. 



