1910] Fernald and Wiegand,— Spergularia 161 
wing, 0.7-1 mm. long, smooth, all with a broad rather firm scarcely erose 
wing: stamens 8-10: bracts very short, and inflorescence therefore appearing 
naked: free portion of the i ovate, acuminate: plant with a stout root, 
seemingly perennial. HE. S 2 0. . ]. S. marginata 
Mature capsules smaller (3-5.5 mm. jd Eu either winged or wingless, 
often both kinds in the same capsule: margin of the more friable wing strongly 
erose: stamens 5 or fewer: plants with more slender root, chiefly annual. 
Seeds large, 1-1.33 mm. long (exclusive of the wing when present), 
smooth, rarely papillose: capsule subglobose-ovoid, about twice the 
length of the calyx: sepals broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, at maturity 
1.5-3 mm. long, rounded at tip: free portion of stipules very short, 
truncate or apiculate: plant glabrous. . . . . . 2. S. canadensis 
Seeds smaller, 0.5-0.8 mm. long: capsule conic-ovoid, equaling or a 
little exceeding the calyx: sepals ovate to lanceolate, obtuse to acutish, 
at maturity 3-3.5 mm. long: free portion of the stipules long, acuminate: 
plants glabrous or glandular-pubescent. 
Seeds glandul: M ei upper green bracts of the inflorescence 
minute or wanting. . . OI M Sat 
Seeds smooth: upper green bras TUUM conspicuous. 
4. S. leiosperma 
1. S. MARGINATA (DC.) Kittel, Taschenb. Fl. Deutsch. ed. 2, 1004. 
(1844). Arenaria rubra 8 marina L. Sp. Pl. 423 (1753) in part. A. 
media L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 606 (1762) in part. A. marina All. Fl. Pedem. 
ii. 114 (1785) ?. A. marginata DC. Fl. Fr. v. 703 (1815). Lepigonum 
marinum Wahlenb. Fl. Gotob. 47 (1820); Kindberg, Monog. Lepig. 
18 (1863). Spergularia media Presl, Fl. Sic. 161 (1826); Robinson 
in Gray, Synop. Fl. i. pt. 1, 252 (1897) as to N. Y. plant; Robinson & 
Fernald in Gray, Man. ed. 7, 379 (1908) as to N. Y. plant. Alsine 
marina Wahlenb. Fl. Suec. pt. 1, 281 (1824); Hiern, Journ. Bot. xxxvii. 
319 (1899). Alsine marginata Reichenb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 566 (1832). 
— Saline soil about salt springs near Onondaga Lake, New York, 
apparently introduced from Europe. Specimens seen from near 
Salina (Fry, fide Robinson l. c.); near Baldwinsville 1894 (W. M. 
Beauchamp); Syracuse Salt Marsh, August 17, 1901 (W. W. Rowlee), 
August 18, 1902 (K. M. Wiegand, No. 27). 
2. S. CANADENSIS (Pers.) G. Don, Syst. 1. 426 (1831), as to synonym 
but not description. Arenaria rubra 8 Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 274 
(1803). Arenaria canadensis Pers. Synop. i. 504 (1805). Tissa 
salina Britton, Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. xvi. 127 (1889) as to description, 
not synonym. Buda borealis Wats. & Coulter in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 
90 (1890). Tissa canadensis Britton, Mem. Torr. Bot. Cl. v. 152 
(1894). Spergularia borealis Robinson in Gray, Synop. Fl. i. pt. 1, 
252 (1897). rackish or saline soils, Gulf of St. Lawrence to Con- 
necticut, most abundant northward; apparently also on the coast of 
Washington. Among the large number of specimens examined a 
few may be cited as follows. NEWFOUNDLAND: Frenchman’s Cove, 
