35° RESEDACEAE 



i. Cleome L. 



I. C. spinosa L. In waste places: N. E. to Fla., 111. and La. 



Adventive from Tropical America. 



Not very common as an adventive near the larger cities. 



Cleome gynandra L. (Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank) has betn collected near 

 Philadelphia and on S. I., as a waif. 



2. Polanisia Raf. 

 i. P. graveolens Raf. Sandy and gravelly shores: Que. to Man., 

 the N. W. Terr., N. Y., Pa., Kan., and Colo. 

 Conn. Near East Hartford and Hartford. 

 N. Y. Near Gravesend L. I., and in the Hudson Valley. 

 N. J. Bergen and Monmouth counties, not recently collected. 

 Pa. Luzerne Co. 



P. trachysperma T. & G. and P. viscosa DC. have been collected as waifs in Con- 

 necticut and New York respectively. 



RESEDACEAE 

 i. Reseda [Tourn.] L. 



Leaves entire; upper petals lobed, the lower entire. I. R. Luleola. 

 Leaves lobed or pinnatifid. 



Petals greenish-yellow, 3 or 4 of them divided. 2. R. lulea. 



Petals white, all of them cleft or divided. 3. R. alba. 



1. R. Luteola L. In waste places: N. Y. and about the eastern 



seaports in ballast. Adventive from Europe. 



Common as a waif, perhaps naturalized near the metropolis; 

 also near the city of Philadelphia, and in Conn. 



2. R. lutea L. In waste places: Mass. to N. J. and Mich, and in 



ballast about the eastern seaports. 



Occasional in waste places in parts of our range. 



3. R. alba L. In waste places: Conn., N. Y., Ohio and in ballast 



about the eastern seaports. Adventive from S. Europe. 



Rare as a weed in parts of our area. 



The common garden Mignonette, Reseda odorata L., has been reported as an estab- 

 lished escape in Conn. It is a native of Africa. R. Phyteuma L. has been collected near 

 New York as a waif. 



