128 CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



7. ALSINE L. 

 Styles 5. I. A. aqualica. 



Styles 3 or rarely 4. 



Leaf-blades relatively broad. 

 Plants with glabrous foliage, or with a few scattered hairs. 



2. A. vUfrinasa. 

 Plants more or less pubescent, the stems with 2 pubescent lines, the peti- 

 oles often ciliate. 

 Sepals 3-4 mm. long : petals shorter than the sepals. 3. A. media. 

 Sepals 5-7 mm. long: petals longer than the sepals. 4. A. pubera. 

 l,eaf-blades relatively narrow. 

 Cyme with small scarious bracts. 

 Petals parted : capsules about twice as long as the sepals : seeds smootb. 



5. A. loitffi/olia. 

 Petals cleft : capsules somewhat longer than the sepals : seeds rough. 



6. A. fcrantinea. 

 Cymes with foliaceous bracts. 7. A. borealts. 



1. Alsine aquatica (L. ) Britton. WATER Mouse-ear Chickweed. 

 (Man. p. 395; I. F. y! 1472.) In wet and waste places, Ont. to Pa., 

 Also in B. C. Adv. from Eu. — Pennsylvania : Phii,adei,phia, Fair- 

 mount Park. 



2. Alsine uligiiiosa (Murr.) Britton. BoG STarworT. Marsh 

 Chickweed. (Man. p. 395 ; I. F.y! 7^7^.) In cold brooks and springs, 

 N. B. to Ml. Also in B. C. and the N. W., Terr., Eu. and Asia.— 

 Pennsylvania : Susquehann.'V ; Wayne ; Monroe ; Luzerne ; North- 

 ampton ; Bucks ; Dei.aware ; Montgomery ; Phii,adelphia ; Ches- 

 ter ; Lancaster; Coi,umbia ; McKean. 



3. Alsine media L. Common Chickweed. (Man. p. 395; I. F. /. 

 1475.) In waste places, meadows and woods, throughout N. Am. Nat. 

 from Eu. Native also of Asia. — Pennsylvania: IMonroe; North- 

 ampton ; Columbia; Lancaster ; Chester ; Delaware ; Allegheny. 



4. Alsine pubera (Michx.) Britton. Great Chickweed. (Man. 

 p. 395; I. F. y. 1476.) In moist, rocky places, N. J. and Pa. to Ind., 

 Ky., Ga. and Ala. — Pennsylvania: Montgomery; Philadelphia; 

 Chester ; Lancaster ; York ; Delaware ; Fayette ; Allegheny. 



5. Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton. Long leaved Stitchwort. 

 (Man. p. 396; I. F. /. 147S.) In low meadows and swamps, N. S. to 

 Alaska, Ky., and La., and in the Rocky Mountain region, B. C, northern 

 Eu. and A'^ia. — Pe 1171 sylvan i a : Monroe ; Northampton ; Bucks ; 

 Montgomery ; Berks ; Chester ; Delaware ; Lancaster ; Frank- 

 lin ; Tioga ; Clearfield ; Armstrong ; Somerset ; Allegheny. 



6. Alsine graminea (L) Britton. LESSER Stitchwort or STar- 

 worT. (Man. p. 396; I. F.y. 1479.) In fields and on roadsides, N. S., 

 Quebec, Ont., N. Eng. and the Middle States. Native of Eu. and Asia. 

 — Pennsylvania : Susquehanna ; Monroe ; Montgomery. 



7. Alshie borealis (Bigel.) Britton. Northern Stitchwort. 

 (Man. p. 396 ; I. F./. 14S2.) In wet places, R. I. to N. J., Minn, and B. 

 C, and in the Rocky Mts. to Colo. Also in northern Eu. and Asia.^ — 

 Pennsylvania : Wayne ; Monroe ; Montgomery. 



