958 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
5. Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb, 4: 70. 1893. 
Stellaria longipes Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6: 327. 1822. 
TyprE Loca.ity: ‘‘ Woods near Lake Ontario.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to California, Colorado, and New England. Siberia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1860; Falcon Valley, 
Suksdorf 102; Tacoma, Flett 193; Ocosta, Henderson, June, 1892; Clealum, Henderson, 
June 1892; Kittitas County, Whited, May, 1896; North Yakima, Henderson, May, 1892; 
Sprague, Sandberg & Leiberg 133a; Medical Lake, Henderson, June, 1892; Cold Creek, Cot- 
ton 397; Kreager 28; Pullman, Hull 481; Piper 1710, 1711; without locality, Brandegee 661. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
6. Alsine borealis (Bigel.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 149. 1894. 
Stellaria borealis Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2. 182. 1824. 
Type Locauity: White Mountains, New Hampshire. 
Rance: Alaska to New England, south to California and New Jersey. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Seattle, Smith 231; 
Tacoma, Fett 162; Skokomish Valley, Kincaid, May, 1892; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 
155; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 2302; Falcon 
Valley, Suksdorf 527; Skamania County, Suksdorf 2437; Nason Creek, Sandberg &: Leiberg 
605; Cascade Mountains to Colville, Lyall in 1860; Spokane, Watson, September 24, 1880; 
Tukanon River, Lake & Hull 480; Blue Mountains, Piper 2454; without locality, Brandegee 
662, 664. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition and Canadian. 
6a. Alsine borealis alpestris (Fries) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 149. 1894. 
Stellaria alpestris Fries, Mant. 1: 10. 1832. 
Stellaria borealis corollina Fenzl. in Ledeb. FI. Ross. 1: 382. 1842. 
Alsine brachypetala (Bong.) Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 82. 1897. 
Tyre Locauity: “In humidis alpium Jemtlandiae, Lapponiae, Norwegiae passim.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon and the Great Lakes. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Port Orchard, Piper 2313; Skamania County, Suksdorf 2438, 
2439; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 526; Spokane County, Suksdorf 1864; without 
locality, Brandegee. 
7. Alsine obtusa (Engelm.) Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3: 569. 18°6. 
Stellaria obtusa Engelm. Bot. Gaz. 7: 5. 1882. 
TYPE LocaLiry: Gunnison River, Colorado. 
Rance: Washington to British Columbia and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Skokomish River, Piper, August, 1895. 
8. Alsine calycantha (Ledeb.) Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 145. 1900. 
Arenaria calycantha Ledeb. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 5: 534. 1812. 
Stellaria calycantha Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 127. 1882. 
Alsine simcoei Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1: 83. 1897. 
Type Locaity: ‘“ Hab, in Siberia orientali.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to California. Siberia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Piper 2134; Paradise River, Allen 159, 159a; 
Mount Adams, Suksdorf 2302, 2303; Mount Stuart, Brandegee 667; Klickitat County, 
Howell 313; Skamania County, Suksdorf' 2194; Wenache trail, Brandegee 668. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
The Mount Rainier specimens were erroneously referred to A. uliginosa (Murr.) Britton, 
by Howell.a@ 
Alsine simcoer Howell differs from A. calycantha only in being unusually pubescent. 
aFl. N. W. Am. 1: 82. 1897. 
