ALSINACEAE 499 
dde — cuneate, 6-8 mm. long: seed 0.5 
lon ney inutely roughened. | [Stellaria 
uniflora W Is —Meadows or springy places, 
Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to 
Ala. and N. C.—Spr. 
S. aoad (Retz.) Small. Stems 
a 3- 2 dm. tall: leaf- a filiform to subu- 
N. C. and Te 
Lab., ' and ea —Spr.— 
3. S. brevifolia rae Small. Stems 0.2-1.2 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear- 
spatulate to subulate, 2-6 mm. long: sepals ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceo- 
late, 2-3 mm. long, noe Or aa enone petals spatulate or obovate: spatu- 
late, 4-5 mm. long: capsule about 4 mm. long. [Alsine brevifolia Chapm.]— 
Flat granite por and Altamaha grit, inner Coastal Plain and Piedmont, Ga. 
and Ala. to N. C.—Spr. 
4. S. glabra eae Small. Stems 0.5-3 dm. tall: leaf-blades narrowly. end 
to nearly filiform, 1-2.5 em. long: a a io eee ig 2.0—3 
pin obtuse: peas spatulate, 4—6 mm. long: capsule abou . long. p Alsing 
a A. Nn: ay |—Cliffs, Blue ase. and ee E N. C. and 
E o 
5. S. patula € Small. Stems 0.4-3 dm. tall: leaf- ka e or fili- 
form, 14 em. long: sepals la nceolate, 3-5 mm. long, acute or acu e, promi- 
nently 3—5-ribbed: petals spatulate, 8-11 mm. long: capsule er i Ee as 
the sepals. [Alsine patula A. Gray |—Rocky woods, limestone outcrops, and 
prairies, various provinces N of Coastal Plain, Ala. to Tex., Minn., and Ky. 
—Spr.—sum. 
6. S. stricta See Small. Stems 1-3 tall: leaf-blades ee 
mm. 1 epals ovate, about 2.5 m Pur ng: petals about thriee as long 
as the RD. oculo nearly twice as lon m the sepals. [Alsine Michauxii 
Fenzl|—(RocCK-SANDWORT.) —Roeky hillsides iud cliffs, often calcareous, vari- 
ous provinces N of Coastal Plain, S. C. to Minn., and N. H.—Sum 
7. S. caroliniana (Walt.) Small. Stems 0.5-3 dm. tall: leaf-blades pn 
subulate, 5—10 mm. long: sepals ovate, n n 5 mm. long: pe etals TEE bei 
as long as the sepals: capsule nearly twice as long as the s epal [A 
rosa ea ee E ills and uud. often in “acid "i on 
Plain, W Fla. to N. Y.— 
4. ARENARIA L. Annual or perennial herbs. ae blades flat, broad or 
sometimes narrow. Flowers axillary or cymose. Sepals 5, firm, often ribbed. 
Petals 5, entire or notched, or wanting. Stamens Dona 10. Stigmas 3, or 
rarely 2-5. Capsules with twice as many valves as stigmas.—SANDWORTS. 
SANDYWINKS. 
Plant pM leaf-blades several-ribbed : outer sepals lanceolate, 
hispidulo . 1. A. serpyllifolia. 
Plant perennials leaf-blades not ribbed: outer sepals ovate, 
glabrous or nearly so. 2. A. lanuginosa. 
