236 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Leaves broadest near the base. — 
Leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate, light green; 
flowers numerous. .........--.-----20eeeees 6. A. longipes. 
Leaves lanceolate, usually bluish green; flowers 
few, often solitary....................0008- 7. A, laeta, 
1. Alsine cuspidata (Willd.) Woot. & Standl. 
Stellaria cuspidata Willd.; Schlecht. Ges. Naturf. Freund. Berlin Mag, 7: 196. 1816. 
Tyre Locatity: Near Quito, Peru. 
Range: New Mexico and Texas to Mexico and South America, 
New Mexico: Organ Mountains, Moist canyons, in the Transition Zone. 
2. Alsine media L. Sp. Pl. 272. 1753. CHICKWEED, 
Tyre Locauity: ‘‘ Habitat in Europae cultis.”’ 
Range: A native of Europe, widely introduced into North America, 
New Mexico: Santa Fe; Vermejo Park; Sandia Mountains. Frequently a weed 
in gardens. 
3. Alsine jamesiana (Torr.) Heller, Cat. N. Amer. Pl. ed. 2.4. 1900. 
Stellaria jamesiana Torr, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 2: 169. 1827. 
TypPE Locauity: ‘“‘Rocky Mountains,’ Colorado, 
Ranae: Wyoming and California to New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Chama; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Sandia Mountains; 
Magdalena Mountains; Black Range; White and Sacramento mountains, Damp 
thickets, in the Transition and Canadian zones, 
4. Alsine baicalensis Coville, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4: 70. 1893. 
Stellaria umbellata Turcz. Fl. Baical. 1: 236. 1842-5, not Alsine umbellata Lam. 1778. 
Type Loca.ity: ‘‘In alpe Nuchu-Daban,”’ Baical Mountains, Siberia, 
Rance: Oregon and Montana to California and New Mexico; also in Asia. 
New Mexico: Above Winsors Ranch; Spirit Lake. Wet ground, in the Canadian 
and Hudsonian zones. 
5. Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Club 5: 150. 1894. 
Stellaria longifolia Muhl.; Willd, Enum, PI, 479. 1809. 
Tyre Loca.ity: ‘ Habitat in Pennsylvania,’’ 
Ran@eE: British America to Maryland and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Above Winsors Ranch; Harveys Upper Ranch. Damp thickets, 
in the Canadian Zone, 
6. Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville, Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 4: 70. 1893. 
Stellaria longipes Goldie, Edinburgh Phil. Journ. 6: 327, 1822, 
Type Loca.iry: ‘‘ Woods near Lake Ontario,”’ 
RanGeE: British America to California, New Mexico, and New England. 
New Mexico: Chama (Standley 6757). Damp ground, in the Transition Zone, 
7. Alsine laeta (Richards.) Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 144. 1900. 
Stellaria lacta Richards. Bot. App. Frankl. Journ. 738, 1823. 
Tyre Locauity: Not stated. 
RANGE: British America to Nevada and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Sierra Blanca (Turner 52). Hudsonian and Arctic-Alpine zones. 
4. CERASTIUM L. Movussr-EAR CHICKWEED. 
Low annuals or perennials with narrow leaves; flowers cymose, sometimes solitary; 
sepals usually 5; petals of the same number, 2-cleft, often wanting; stamens 10 or fewer; 
styles usually 5, opposite the sepals; fruit 1-celled, elongated, often curved, opening 
at the summit by twice as many teeth as there are styles, 
