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9. Alsine crispa (Cham. & Schlecht.) Holzinger, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3: 216. 1895. 
Stellaria crispa Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 1: 51. 1826. 
Type Locauitry: “ Unalaschka.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Semiamoo Bay, Lyall 
in 1858; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 156; Skamania County, Suksdorf 1863; Falcon 
. Valley, Suksdorf 333; Blue Mountains, Piper, July, 1896. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition and Canadian. 
The Blue Mountains specimens are not typical, and probably represent a new subspecies. 
10. Alsine washingtoniana (Robinson) Heller, Cat. N. A. Pl. ed. 2. 4. 1900. 
Stellaria washingtoniana Robinson, Bot. Gaz. 25: 166. 1898. 
Type Locatity: “In alder woods of the upper valley of the Nisqually, upon the slopes 
of Mount Rainier, Washington.” Collected by O. D. Allen. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Lake Cushman, Piper 2238; valley of the Nisqually, Allen 157. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian. 
11. Alsine jamesiana (Torr.) Heller, Cat. N. A. Pl. ed. 2. 4. 1900. 
Stellaria jamesiana Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 2: 169, 1828, 
Stellaria jamesti of authors. 
Type Locauity: “Rocky Mountains.”’ 
Rance: Washington to California and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Stuart, Sandberg & Leiberg 818; Wenache Mountains 
Whited, June, 1896; Clealum, Henderson 2568. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
8. SAGINA. 
Herbage glandular-puberulent ........-.-...-------2- 2c ee ee ee ee eee 3. S. ciliata. 
Herbage glabrous. 
Stems slender; leaves scarcely fleshy. .......-.----..------------- 1. S. occidentalis. 
Stems rather stout; leaves fleshy.-......-.-.---.--------------- 2. 8. crassicaulis. 
1. Sagina occidentalis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 344. 1875. 
Type Loca.ity: ‘In the valleys and borders of salt marshes from Oregon to San 
- Francisco.” 
Rance: British Columbia to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper; Seattle, Smith 744; Piper 470; 
Coupeville, Gardner 47, 48; Mount Rainier, Piper 2631, 745; Bridge Creek, Elmer. 
2. Sagina crassicaulis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 18: 191. 1883. 
Type Locauity: ‘On Dillon’s Beach, Marin County, California.” 
Rance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Port Orchard, Piper 2312; Ocosta, Henderson, June 26, 1892; 
Tlwaco, Henderson, September, 1885; Piper 4996. 
The species of this genus are illy defined, and we seriously doubt that S. crassicaulis and 
S. occidentalis are really distinct. Alpine forms here referred to the latter have been con- 
sidered to be S. linnaei Pres] (S. saginoides (L.) Britt.), which, indeed, may be correct. 
3. Sagina ciliata (Greene). 
Alsinella ciliata Greene, F]. Fran. 126. 1891. 
Type Locatity: “ Vicinity of Ione,” California. 
Rance: Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, in dry soil, Piper in 1889. 
