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ALABAMA: Lower hills. Coast plain. Waste places. Shelby County, Cahaba 
ee 4. ania Mobile, a frequent ballast weed. Flowers pale purple; June, July. 
nnual, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America meridionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cleome aculeata L. Syst. ed. 12, 3: 232. 1767. PRICKLY CLEOME. 
Griseb. Fl: Brit. W. Ind. 16. 
WEsT INDIuSs, GUIANA, 
ALABAMA: Fugitive with ballast. Mobile. Collected once only, at Hunter's Whart, 
June 4, 1893, with seeds perfectly mature. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘‘Hub.in America. D. Zaega,” 
Herb. Geo]. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cleome pentaphylla L. Sp. Pl. ed.2, 2: 938. 1762. FIVE-LEAVED GYNANDROPSIS. 
Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC. Prodr. 1: 238. 1821. 
Ell. Sk. 2:150. Chap. F132. Gray, Syn. FI.N.A.1, pt.1:183. 
ASIA, Ewypt. 
Warmer parts of America. Most probably introduced from the Old World. 
Escaped from cultivation, Georgia to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. An escape from gardens, and intro- 
duced with ballast; fuirly naturalized. Tuscaloosa County. Autauga County, 
Prattville. Mobile County. Flowers rose-color; June, July. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Indiis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cleome viscosa L. Sp. Pl. 2:672. 1753. CLAMMY CLEOME. 
CEYLON, MataBak, WEST AFRICA, introduced in warmer America. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1: 183. 
ALABAMA: Adventive with ballast. Mobile. Observed from 1878 to 1895. Flowers 
yellow; August, September. Annual. Also reported on ballast from Philadelphia. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Zeylona, Malabaria.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
POLANISIA Raf. Journ. Phys. 89:98. 1819. 
Thirty species, warmer regions of the Old and New World, Northern Hemisphere. 
Annuals. 
Polanisia trachysperma Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1: 669. 1840. 
ROUGH-SEEDED POLANISIA. 
Polanisia uniglundulosa Torr. Pac. R. Rep. 4:67. 1857. Not DC. i 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 75. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 606; ed. 3, 32. Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb 
2:23. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt. 1: 182. 
MEXICO. 
Sporadically diffused over the western part of the continent. Manitoba to Colo. 
rado, Oregon, Arizona, and ‘T'vxas. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills. Waste places. Tallapoosa County, Dadeville, 550 
feet; only station. Most probably adventive from the southwest. Flowers pink; 
July. Rare and local. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Texas, Drummond!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polanisia tenuifolia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1:123. 1838. NarrRow-Lear PoLANISIA. 
Chap. FL 31. Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A.1, pt.1:182. 1895. 
Louisianian area. Coast of Georgia and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Sandy hills. Dale County (Z. 4. Smith). Annual, 
Type locality: “Georgia, LeConte!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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