ALSINACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



6. Alsine tennesseensis (C. Mohr) Small. Ten- 

 nessee Chickweed. Fig. 1754. 



Alsine pubera tennesseensis C. Mohr, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 6 : 499. 1901. 



Alsine tennesseensis Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 422. 1903. 



Perennial, branched at the base, the branches decum- 

 bent, 4-12' long, pubescent in lines. Lower leaves 

 oval to suborbicular, petioled, acute or short-acumi- 

 nate, those ot sterile branches often larger; upper 

 leaves sessile or short-petioled, elliptic to elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, i'-2 f long, \'-\' wide; 

 flowers slender-pedicelled, about 10" broad; sepals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 5" long, the outer ciliate; petals 

 about as long as the sepals, or shorter, cleft to below 

 the middle; capsule 2" -3" long. 



Rocky woods, West Virginia and Kentucky to Alabama. 

 April-June. 



7. Alsine Holostea (L.) Britton. Greater Stitchwort 

 or Starwort. Adder's Meat. Fig. 1755. 



Stellaria Holostea L. Sp. PI. 422. 1753. 



Alsine Holostea Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 150. 1894. 



Erect from a creeping rootstock, glabrous or slightly downy, 

 perennial, 8'-2 high, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate, i'-3' long, 2"-$" wide at the base, tapering 

 to a long slender tip, ciliate on the midvein and margin ; flowers 

 showy, 7"-io" broad, in terminal leafy cymose panicles ; pedicels 

 rather slender, downy; sepals 3"-6" long, lanceolate, acute, 

 scarious-margined, one-half to two-thirds the length of the 

 2-cleft petals; capsule globose-ovoid. Stem angled, rough on 

 the angles. 



Fields and meadows, Maine to Long Island. Fugitive or adventive 

 from Europe. Native also of northern Asia. Also called Allbone, 

 from its brittle nodes. Snake-, star- or thunder-flower. Snappers. 

 Snap-jack. Piskies. Pixie. White bird's-eye. Easter-bell. Snake- 

 grass. Lady's-lint. April-June. 



8. Alsine glauca (With.) Britton. Glaucous 

 Starwort. Fig. 1756. 



Stellaria glauca With. Bot. Arr. Br. Plants, Ed. 3, 2: 

 420. 1796. 



Perennial, glabrous, pale green and glaucous; stem 

 very slender, i-2 high, usually branched. Leaves 

 glabrous, linear, 2' long or less, acute, the upper 

 reduced to small bracts ; flowers relatively few, 

 cymose, 6"-8" wide, on very slender pedicels i'-2$' 

 long; sepals linear-lanceolate, 3-ribbed, acute; petals 

 longer than the sepals, deeply cleft. 



Grassy places, Quebec. Naturalized from Europe and 

 native also of northern Asia. May-June. 



