CARYOPHYLLACEAE. (Vor. II. 
1o. Alsine crassifolia Ehrh. Fleshy Stitchwort. 
(Fig. 1481.) 
Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh. Hannov. Mag. 8:116. 1784. 
Alsine crassifolia Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 150. 1894. 
Diffuse or ascending, weak, slender, simple or branched, 
glabrous, 2/10’ long. Leaves somewhat fleshy, oblong- 
lanceolate to linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, narrowed at the 
base, 3-8’ long, 1’/-214’’ wide; cymes terminal, few-flow- 
ered, or flowers axillary and solitary; bracts foliaceous, 
small; peduncles slender, ascending, flowers 2’’-3’’ broad; 
sepals lanceolate-oblong, acute; petals longer than the calyx;. 
capsule ovoid, longer than the sepals; seeds rough. 
In springs and moist places, Illinois, Minnesota, Quebec, Lab- 
rador, Manitoba and in arctic America, south in the Rocky Moun- 
tains to Wyoming. Alsoin northern Europe and Asia. Summer. 
11. Alsine borealis (Bigel.) Britton. 
Northern Stitchwort. (Fig. 1482.) 
Stellaria borealis Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 182. 1824. 
Alsine borealis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 150. 1894. 
Erect or ascending, weak, much branched, gla- 
brous, or pubescent above, 6’-18’ long. Leaves 
membranous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, %4/— 
134’ long, 2//-5’’ wide, acute, sessile, their margins 
ciliate or naked; inflorescence a leafy terminal 
compound cyme; pedicels slender, ascending or 
spreading; flowers 2//-4’/ broad; sepals ovate- 
lanceolate, acute; petals 2-5, shorter than the 
sepals, or none; capsule oblong, much exceeding 
the sepals; seeds smooth. 
In wet places, Rhode Island to northern New Jersey, 
Minnesota and British Columbia, south in the Rocky 
Mountains to Colorado. _ Alsoin northern Europe and 
Asia. Ascends to 5000 ft. in New Hampshire. Summer. 
Alsine borealis alpéstris (Fries) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 150. 1894. 
Stellaria alpestris Fries, Mant. 3: 194. 1843. 
Stellaria borealis var. alpestris A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 93. 1867. p 
Larger, leaves broader, cyme more diffuse; upper bracts scarious or scarious-margined; seeds. 
obscurely roughened. Lake Superior, the Saskatchewan region, British Columbia and the Rocky 
Mountains. Also in northern Asia. 
12. Alsine fontinalis (Short & Peter) Britton. Water Stitchwort. (Fig. 1483.) 
Sagina fontinalis Short & Peter, Transylv. Journ. Med. 
7: 600. 1834. 
Stellaria fontinalis Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 29: 
286. 18094. 
Alsine fontinalis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 356. 1894. 
Annual, glabrous, stems weak, very slender, 
branched, ascending or diffuse, 4’-12’ long. 
Leaves linear-spatulate, 4’’-12’’ long, about 1/’ 
wide, the upper sessile, acute or subacute at the 
apex, the lower obtuse and narrowed into short 
petioles; pedicels filiform, 3’’-15’’ long, erect or as- 
cending, solitary or 2-3 together in the forks of the 
stem and branches and axils; calyx oblong-cam- 
panulate, 1’’ long; sepals 4 or 5, oblong or linear, 
obtuse, about equalling the ovoid-oblong obtuse 
capsule; stamens 4-8; petals wanting; styles very 
short; seeds densely tuberculate-roughened. 
In wet places, Kentucky and Tennessee. April-May. 
