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ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated ground. July to October. Abundant. 
A most troublesome weed. Annual. ~ 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Indiis.” 
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. F1. 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. MobileCounty. July, August; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Amaranthus deflexus L. Mant. 2:295. 1771. Low AMARANTH. 
Eucolus deflexus Raf. Fl. Tell. 3:42. 1836. 
Britt. & Br. Il. F].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. 
MURICATE AMARANTH. 
PERU, BRAZIL. 
ALaBaMa: Fugitive from South America, on ballast. Mobile County. Septem- 
ber, 1891. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Prope Mendoza (Gillies!) et Buenos-Avres (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. 
d _ AMARANTH-LIKE SCLEROPUS. 
Amaranthus crassipes Schlecht. Linnaea, 6:757. 1831. 
Scleropus amarantoides Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. Goett. 1835. 
Chap. F1. 381. Griseb. F]. Brit. W. Ind. 68. 
West Inpies, 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. Thomae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ACNIDA L. Sp. Pl. 2:1027, 1753. 
Four or 5 species, North America, West Indies. Coarse paludial herbs. 
Acnida cannabina L. Sp. Pl. 2:1027. 1753. WATER HEmp. 
Ell. Sk. 2:694. Gray, Man. ed. 6,429. Chap. FI. 381. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian 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 BR. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 417. 1810. 
A vaguely limited genus of abont 16 species, of the subtropical and tropical zones, 
Southeastern Atlantic North America, 4 
Alternanthera polygonoides R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Hol. 417. 1827. 
Gomphrena polygonoides L. Sp. Pl. 1: 225. 1753. 
Telanthera polygonoides Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt.2: 363. 1849. 
Chap. FI. 383. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 67. 
