498 ALSINACEAE 
3. A. Baldwinii Small. Stems 1-6 dm. long, often p ‘leaf-blades ovate, 
sometimes very broadly so, 0.5—2 em. long: E. als , 2-3 mm. long: petals 
about twice as long as the ‘sepals: capsule 3.5 oe in [St tellaria prostrata 
Ke not Alsine prostrata Forsk. jas scil, € Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, 
Fla. to Tex. and Ga.—(Mex.)— 
4. A. longifolia (Muhl.) Britton. Stems 1.54.5 e long, glabrous or nearly 
so: leaf-blades ibl linear-lanceolate, 1.5-7 cm. long: sepals lanceolate, 
about 3 mm. lo a firm-tipped: petals as long as the sepals or some 
longer: capsule 5-6 mm. long, longer than the calyx. [Stellaria longifolia 
Muhl. |—( SIUE .)- Wet plaees and o various provinees, La. to 
. Colo., Alas., Md., and Newf.—Spr. 
5. A. pubera (Miehx.) Britton. Stems 1-3 dm. tall, finely pubescent: pe 
blades ovate, or elliptic, 14 em. long, or those on the sterile branches 5-10 c 
long: sepals ovate to broadly ee laneeolate, 5-7 mm. long: petals longer 
than the ode: eapsule 3—4 mm. long, shorter than the ealyx. [Stellar 
pubera Michx.]— (GR N TAR-CHICKWEED.)—Rich mould on hill- 
sides, various provinees, rarely Coastal Plain, N Fla. to Ala. Ind., and 
N. J.—Spr. 
A. tennesseensis (C. Mohr) Small. Similar to 4. pubera in habit: leaf-blades 
oval to suborbieular on the lower part of the stem, to ellipti e or B. -lanceo- 
late above, 3-5 em. long, or longer on the sterile shoots: sepals narrowly lanceo- 
late, 9-11 mm. pee oo. 4—5 mm. long. —Woods, TuieHor. Low Plateau, 
Ala., Tenn., and Ky.—Spr. 
7. A. fontinalis (Short & dad Britton. Stems 1-3 dm. long, glabrous: leaf- 
blades oe 0.5-2 em. jong, o obtusish: sepals o to oblong- 
lanceolate, 2.5—3 long: petals wanting: capsule surpassing the sepals. 
[Ste ae fontnais Robinson ]—River banks, pres Low Plateau, Tenn. 
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3. SABULINA Reichenb. Annual or dcin herbs. Leaf-blades subu- 
late or sometimes flat, but narrow. Flowers in A Sepals 5, often fleshy. 
Petals 5, entire or e a Stamens db Sti igmas s typically 3, slen- 
der. Capsule with as many valves as stigmas. y" inopsis (Fl. SE. U. S.) ]— 
SANDWORTS. WITCHLINGS.—The flowers are white or pinkish. 
Leaves herbaceous or fleshy. I. BREVIFOLIAE. 
Leaves leathery, rigid, Eubuldte or bristle-like. II. STRICTAE. 
I. BREVIFOLIAE 
Sepals not ribbed, nc AEN 
ias sepals 4-5 m 
-blades ances or E S 1. S. uniflora. 
Leaf-blades filiform v subulate. 2. S. groenlandica. 
Mature sepals 2-3 mm. long. 
Basal and lower stem-leaves mostly less than 1 cm. long: 
upper stem-leaves and bracts minute or subulate. 3. S. brevifolia. 
S ne lower stem-leaves mostl 1 ecm. long 
stem-leave pnus bracts linear. f 4. S. glabra. 
Sepals BODEN 3-5-ribbe 5. S. patula. 
l II. STRICTAE l 
Leaves clustered in the axils. 6. S. stricta. 
Leaves densely imbricated. 1. S. caroliniana. 
1. uniflora (Walt.) Small. Stems 1-3 dm. tall: us ee 14 e 
| eur acute: pedicels 2-8 em. long: sepals Eu e . long, uy 
