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margins: capsule (iistlnctlv i-xsortcd. — Mant. i. 72 (1767). Alsine 

 vrrna Wahl. Fl. Lap]). 129 (IS12); Gurke, PI. Eur. ii. 255 (1S99,) 

 which see for detailed synonymy. — Europe and Asia. Very rare 

 in America, seen only from the Northwest. Alberta, Crow Nest 

 Pass (J. Marouti, no. IS, 273): British Colitmria, summit of Mt. 

 Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island (J. Maconn): Washington, volcanic 

 sand, altitude 2745 m., Mt. Rainier (C. V. Piper, no. 2115). 



Var. propinqua (Richardson) comb. nov. T>oosely or densely 

 caespitose, (jlnnduhr-puUrsrrtti, the filiform branches 2-15 cm. long, 

 bearing usually 2 to 5 fiowcrx: fruiting calyx 2.5 3.5 mm. long, the 

 narrow-ovate hyaline-margined .sepals short-acuminate, usually ex- 

 ceeding the oblong or narrowly obovatc petals, and siiorter than the 

 capsule. — A. propinqua Richardson in Frankl. Jour. 738 — reprint 

 10 (1823); Hook. Fl. Ror.-Am. i. 90 (1830) in i)art; Torr. & (Jray, 

 Fl. i. 181 (1838). A.verna, var. hirta Watson in King, liep. 41 (1871) ; 

 Porter and (\)ulter, Fl. Col. 14 (1874); Watson, Bihl. Index, 98 (1878) 

 in ])art, and in (Jray, ^Nlan. ed. (), 8() (1890); Robinson in Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. i. pt. 1, 246 (1897) in part. A. verna Rntton & Brown, 111. Fl. 

 ii. 33, fig. 1504 (1897) in part. .1. verna, var. equicaulis A. Nelson, 

 Bull .Torr. CI. xxvi. 352 (1899). Aisine verna, -q. hirta Fenzl in Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ross. i. 349 (1841) in ])art. Aisine propinqua Langc, Fl. Dan. 

 xvii. 7, 8 (1877) as to Greenland plant. Aisine verna, var. propinqua 

 (Jronl. Isl. Fl. 3;^ (1881) as to name. — Arctic America, south to Quebec 

 and northern ^'crmont, and on the higher mountains to Arizona and 

 southern California. Gkeknland. The following s])ecimcns have 

 been examined from eastern America. Laura dor, near Ilofl'enthal 

 (Kruth): Quebec, Mt. Albert, (Jaspe Co. (Allen. Collins <t- Fer- 

 nald); limestone detritus, Perce (Collins, Fernald li' Pease. Collins 

 & Fernald, no. 7i). W'illiam.s-): Vermont, Smuggler's Notch (Pringle 

 etal). 



Var. I'RoiMNciiA, forma epilis, f. nov. Ubi<|ue glabra. 



Like var. propiutjua but glabrous throughout. — (Quebec, limestone 

 detritus, crest of Cap Barre, Perce, July 2)^, P)()5 (Collins <{• Fernald, 

 no. SO. Williams); crevices of serpentine, Ruisseau au Diable, Mt. 

 Albert, August 12, 1905 (Collins & Fernald). Here belongs the gla- 

 brous Iceland plant illustrated in Flora Danica, xvii. t. 2903, as Aisine 

 propinqua. 



Var. HIRT.A. (Wormskj.) Watson. Glandular-pubescent: branches 

 1-5-flou'ered: fruiting calyx 4-5 mw. long, about equalling the capsule. 

 —Watson in King, Rep. 41 (1871) in part, and Bibl. index, 98 (1878) 

 in ])art; Robinson in Grav, Syn. Fl. i. pt. 1, 246 (1897) in part. .L 

 hirtn Wormskj. in Fl. Dan. x. 6, t. 1646 (1819) excl. .syn.; DC Prodr. 

 i. 405 (1824) excl. svn.; Chum. & Schl., Linnaea i. 56 (1826); Hook. 

 Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 99 (1830); Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 181 (1838). Aisine 

 rubella, var. hirfa Giirke, PI. Eur. ii. 258 (1899), which see for fur- 

 ther svnonvmv. — Arctic and subarctic Europe: Greenland: arctic 



