MALLOW FAMILY. 615 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Grassy glades. Washington County, Healing 

 Springs. Flowers purple (magenta), 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-LIKE MALLOW. 



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



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



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



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt. Bibb County (E. A. Smith). Flowers purple, August ; 

 rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in glareosis Kentucky et Tennassde." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



TRIANGULAR-LEAF MALLOW. 



Malva triangulata Leavenworth, Am. Jourii. 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 (Leavenworth). 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. PL 2:683. 1753. SIDA. 



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

 America, about 50. 



Sida cordifolia L. Sp. PL 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. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sida spinosa L. Sp. PL 2 : 683. 1753. SPINY SIDA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 161. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 99. Chap. PL 54. Griseb. PI. 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. PL ed. 2, 2 : 963. 1763. 

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

 TROPICAL 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. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sida acuta Burin. Fl. Ind. 147. 1768. ACUTE-FRUITED SIDA. 



Sida carpimfolia auct. 



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



Gray, Syn. PL 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. 



