236 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Leaves broadest near the base. 



Leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate, light green; 



flowers numerous 6. A. longipes. 



Leaves lanceolate, usually bluish green; flowers 



few, often solitary 7. A. laeta. 



1. Alsine cuspidata (Willd.) Woot. & Standi. 



Stellaria cuspidata Willd.; Schlecht. Ges. Naturf. Freund. Berlin Mag. 7: 196. 1816. 



Type locality: Near Quito, Peru. 



Range: New Mexico and Texas to Mexico and South America. 



New Mexico: Organ Mountains. Moist canyons, in the Transition Zone. 



2. Alsine media L. Sp. PI. 272. 1753. Chickweed. 

 Type locality: " Habitat in Europae cultis." 



Range: A native of Europe, widely introduced into North America. 

 New Mexico: Santa Fe; Vermejo Park; Sandia Mountains. Frequently a weed 

 in gardens. 



3. Alsine jamesiana (Torr.) Heller, Cat. N. Amer. PI. ed. 2. 4. 1900. 

 Stellaria jamesiana Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 169. 1827. 



Type locality: "Rocky Mountains," Colorado. 



Range: Wyoming and California to New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Chama; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Sandia Mountains; 

 Magdalena Mountains;. Black Range; White and Sacramento mountains. Damp 

 thickets, in the Transition and Canadian zones. 



4. Alsine baicalensis Coville, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4: 70. 1893. 



Stellaria umbellata Turcz. Fl. Baical. 1: 236. 1842-5, not Alsine umbellata Lam. 1778. 

 Type locality: "In alpe Nuchu-Daban," Baical Mountains, Siberia. 

 Range: Oregon and Montana to California and New Mexico; also in Asia. 

 New Mexico: Above Winsors Ranch; Spirit Lake. Wet ground, in the Canadian 

 and Hudsonian zones. 



5. Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Club 5: 150. 1894. 

 Stellaria longifolia Muhl.; Willd. Enum. PI. 479. 1809. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Pennsylvania." 

 Range: British America to Maryland and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Above Winsors Ranch; Harveys Upper Ranch. Damp thickets, 

 in the Canadian Zone. 



6. Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4: 70. 1893. 

 Stellaria longipes Goldie, Edinburgh Phil. Journ. 6: 327. 1822. 



Type locality: "Woods near Lake Ontario." 



Range: British America to California, New Mexico, and New England. 



New Mexico: Chama (Standley 6757). Damp ground, in the Transition Zone. 



7. Alsine laeta (Richards.) Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 144. 1900. 

 Stellaria laeta Richards. Bot. App. Frankl. Journ. 738. 1823. 



Type locality: Not stated. 



Range: British America to Nevada and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Sierra Blanca ( Turner 52). Hudsonian and Arctic-Alpine zones. 



4. CERASTIUM L. Mouse-ear chickweed. 



Low annuals or perennials with narrow leaves; flowers cymose, sometimes solitary; 

 sepals usually 5; petals of the same number, 2-cleft, often wauting; stamens 10 or fewer; 

 styles usually 5, opposite the sepals; fruit 1-celled, elongated, often curved, opening 

 at the summit by twice as many teeth as there are styles. 



