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CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



long) but commonl.y strietly erect; calyx li^ to 2 lines long; petals cleft nearly 

 to the base, equaling or exceeding the sepals ; capsule dark or black, exceeding 

 the ealj'x; seed mieroscopically and scantily puberulent, nearly smooth. 



Common in moist often grassy places in the mountains, 4300 to 8500 feet. 



Loes. — Bear Valley, San Bernardino Mts., Parish 3346; Mineral King, G. W. Purely; 

 meadows on Volcano Creek, Tulare Co., Jepson 49-59. 4928; Bubbs Creek, Jepson 788; Pine 

 Ridge, Fresno Co., Hall ^- Chandler 170; Yoseinite Valley, Jepson; Piute Creek, Yosemite Park, 

 Jepson 3401; Lundy, Mono Co., Aland Minthorn; Deer Park, Placer Co., C. J. For, Jr.; Little 

 Truckee, Dolen ; Big Mdws., Plumas Co., E. M. An-stin, Jepson 40.54; Ft. Bidwell. Mary H. 

 Manniny 144; Bear Flat, n.e. Shasta Co., Hall cf- Baheocl 4158; Quartz Valley, Siskiyou Co., 

 Butler i463; South YoUo Bolly, Jepson. 



Var. laeta Wats. Herbage glaucous. — Long r^Idw., Volcano t'reek, Jepson 



4961. Also far northward. 



Refs. — Stellaria longipes Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Jour. 6: 327 (1822), type loc. near Lake 

 Ontario, Canada. Alsine longipes Cov. Contrib. V. S. Nat. Herb. 4: 70 (1893). Var. L.\eta 

 Wats. Bibl. Index, 112 (1878). Stellaria laeta Rich.: Franklin's 1st ,Tourn. App. 7, ed. 1, 738 

 (1823), loc. class, "barren grounds from Point Lake to the Arctic Sea." 



Fig. 97. a, Stellaria longipes Goldie, terminal portion of flowering branch, 

 X 1. h, petal, X 2. c, Stell.\ria jamesiaxa Torr. ; terminal portion of 

 flowering branch, x 1. 



5. S. borealis Bigel. Stems erect or spreading, weak, sparingly branched, 6 

 to 10 inches long; herbage glabrous; leayes ovate to elliptic-ovate, or acute, 

 3 to 5 lines long, sometimes a little crisped; flowers in loose terminal leafy 



