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8. Alsine graminea (L.) Britton. Lesser Stitchwort. Lesser Starwort. 
(Fig. 1479.) 
Stellaria graminea I,. Sp. Pl. 422. 1753. 
Alsine graminea Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5; 150. 
1894. 
Weak, glabrous, ascending from creeping root- 
stocks, branching above, 1°-114° high or long, 
stem 4-angled. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or ob- 
long-lanceolate, spreading or ascending, 10’/-15’’ 
long, 2’’-3’’ wide, broadest just above the base, 
acute, the lower smaller; cymes diffuse, terminal, 
-or at length lateral; pedicels slender, spreading; 
bracts scarious, often ciliate, lanceolate, 2’/-3// 
long; flowers 3/’-5’’ broad; sepals lanceolate, 
acute, 2’’/-2'%4’’ long, 3-nerved; petals 2-cleft, about 
the length of the sepals; capsule oblong, exceeding 
the sepals; seeds finely roughened. 
In fields and along roadsides, Nova Scotia, Quebec, \ 
Ontario, New England and the Middle States; fre- WI 
quent. Considered by Prof. Macoun as native in 
Canada; in southern New York and New Jersey it is NY | 
certainly introduced and adventive from Europe. \d ) SY 
Native of Europe and northern Asia. May-July. Wiha ee 
a h ANY 
-g. Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville. Long-stalked Stitchwort. (Fig. 1480.) 
Stellaria longipes Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6: 
327. 1822. 
Alsine longipes Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4:70. 
1893. 
Erect or ascending, tufted, simple or rarely 
sparingly branched, 3/-12’ high, glabrous, 
shining, rarely glaucous or pubescent. 
Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 5//— 
18’ long, 1/’-3/’ wide at the base, rigid, as- 
cending or erect; flowers few, 3/’-5’’ broad, 
terminal, on long slender erect pedicels; 
bracts scarious, lanceolate; sepals ovate or 
lanceolate, acute or acutish; petals 2-cleft, 
exceeding the calyx; capsule ovoid, longer 
than the sepals; seeds smooth. 
In moist places, Labrador and Nova Scotia to 
northern New England, west to Alaska and Min- 
nesota, south in the Rocky Mountains to Col- 
orado, and in California. Also in northern Asia. 
Summer. 
Alsine longipes Edwardsii (R. Br.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 150. 1894. 
Stellaria Edwardsii R. Br. in Parry’s Voy. App. celxxi. 1824. 
Stellaria longipes var. Edwardsii S. Wats. Bibl. Index, 1: 113. 1878. 
Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sparingly ciliate at the base; stems 2-3-flowered, 2'-3! 
tall. Labrador and Quebec, through arctic America to Siberia. 
Alsine longipes peduncularis (Bunge) Britton. Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 150. 1894. 
Stelharia peduncularis Bunge; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 2: 157. 1830. 
Slellaria longipes var. peduncularis Fenzl, in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 387. 1842. 
Stem 2'-6' high, bearing 1-3 larger flowers on longer pedicels; stem more or less pubescent, 
especially at the nodes. Labrador to Alaska and Siberia. 
