Stellaria. CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 235 



nsea, i. 50 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 186 ; but probably not of Poll. Larhrea ulujinosa, Hook. Fl. 

 Bor.-Am. i. 93, as to pi. of Chamisso and perhaps of Druminond. S. crassifulia, Belaud. 

 Cat. 6. Spergulaslrum lanceolaium, Michx. Fl. i. 275. M icropetalon lanceolatitm, Pers. Syn. 

 i. 509. Arenaria lateriflora, Darlingt. Florula Cest. 54. Alsine borealis, Britton, 1. c. 149. 



— New England to New Jersey ; Mendocino Co., Calif., and northward ; fl. midsummer ; 

 frequent. 



Var. COrollina, Fenzl, 1. c. 382. Taller : inflorescence spreading and more definitely 

 terminal : bracts reduced, the uppermost more or less scarious : petals usually present : 

 seeds slightly roughened. — S. brack i/petala, Bong. Veg. Sitch. 126; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 186. 

 S. alpestris, Fries, Mant. i. 10, excl. var. S. Fenzlii, Kegel, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxv. 280. 

 S. borealis, var. alpeslris, Gray, Man. ed. 5, 93. Alsine borealis, var. alpestris, Britton, 1. c. 



— Lake Superior, Robbins, to Oregon, Howell, and northward. (Eu., Asia.) 



S. crassifolia, Ehrii. Low, smooth: stems many, weak, ascending or suberect ; internodes 

 short : leaves small, numerous, thickish, oblong-lanceolate, acutish, 3 to 6 lines in length : 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about equalled or somewhat exceeded by the petals and 

 capsule : seeds distinctly roughened under a lens, somewhat larger than in the last preceding 

 species. — Hannov. Mag. pt. 8, 116, & Beitr. iii. 60; Fenzl, 1. c. 383; Wats. & Coulter in 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 87, excl. Kentucky plant. 6^ gracilis, Richards. 1. c. ed. 1, App. 738 

 (reprint, p. 10), gemmiferous form? Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 97; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 184. 

 S. borealis, var. 0, Hook. 1. c. 95. Alsine crassifolia, Britton, 1. c. 150. — Wet ground and 

 marshy places, Labrador, Martin, Allen, to the Lower St. Lawrence, Pringle, and N. Illinois, 

 Vasey, Hill ; Colorado, Hall & Harbour, Crandall ; Montana, Canby, and northward ; fl. 

 July to September. (N. Eu., Asia.) 



S. fontinalis, Robinson. Glabrous : stems regularly and dichotomously branched, 6 to 12 

 inches long : branches spreading : leaves spatulate-liuear, obtusish, spreading, 5 to 10 lines 

 long : internodes elongated, 1 to 2 inches in length : peduncles solitary in the forks of the 

 branches, 1 to 1^ inches long, ascending: sepals 4 to 5, oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved : petals 

 none : stamens 4 to 8 ; filaments abruptly dilated at the base : styles 3 to 4, very short ; 

 capsule obtuse, not exceeding the calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. xxix. 286. »S. crassifolia, Wats. 

 Bibl. Index, 111, in part ; Chapm. Fl. ed. 2, 608 ; Wats. & Coulter in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 87, 

 in part. Sagina fontinalis, Short & Peter, Transylv. Jour. Med. vii. 600 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 

 i. 177. Spergula fontinalis, Dietr. Syn. PI. ii. 1597. Alsine fontinalis, Britton, 1. c. 356. — 

 Cliffs of Kentucky River and Elkhorn Creek, Kentucky, Short & Peter ; Nashville, Tenn., 

 Gattinger ; fl. April, May. Certainly distinct from 5. crassifolia, Ehrh. 



= = Leaves broader, ovate or broadly oblong, seldom an inch in length. 



S. hutnifusa, Rottb. Low, densely matted, smooth : stems prostrate or ascending, angu- 

 late, shining : leaves elliptic-ovate or oblong, acutish, 2 to 5 lines long, marcescent : pedun- 

 cles axillary, 4 to 7 lines in length : sepals ovate-oblong, acute, narrowly margined : petals 

 somewhat exceeding the calyx : seeds smooth. — Skrivt. Natur. Vidensk. Selsk. Ki^b. x. 447, 

 t. 4, f. 14 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 184; Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 384. S. marginata, Cham. & 

 Schlecht. Linngea, i. 50. Arenaria thi/mifolia, TuTsh, Fl. i. 317; Eaton & Wright, N. A. 

 Bot. 132. A. Purshiana, Seringe in DC. Prodr. i. 414; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 102. Alsine 

 humifusa, Britton, 1. c. — vSalt marshes and boggy slopes, Maine, Little Cranberry Island, Red- 

 field, Upper St. John River, Goodale ; Anticosti, Macoun, and coast of Oregon, Howell Bros., 

 northward to Alaska and Arctic America ; fl. July to September. (Greenland, N. Eu., Sibe- 

 ria.) The commoner form, var. ovalifolia, Fenzl, 1. c, has leaves ovate or suborbicular, 

 crowded, only 1 to 3 lines in length. Var. oblongifolia, Fenzl, 1. c, has internodes more 

 elongated and leaves oblong, 4 to 5 lines in length. 



S. obtusa, Engelm. Smooth : stems prostrate, 2 to 3 inches long : leaves thin, ovate, acute, 

 about 4 lines long, half as broad : flowers solitary, appearing axillary : peduncles 3 to 4 

 lines long : sepals ovate, obtuse, hardly at all scarious on the margins : petals none : capsule 

 Ijto 1^ times as long as the calyx, obtuse; seeds brown, under a compound microscope 

 covered with lighter-colored oblong tubercles with fringed edges. — Bot. Gaz. vii. 5 ; Macoun, 

 Cat. Canad. PI. i. 76. S. humifusa, Macoun, Phanog. & Crypt. PI. of Canad. 9. — Anthracite 

 Creek, Colorado, 9,000 to 10,000 feet, Brandegee, to Blue Mts., Washington, Piper, and Brit. 

 Columbia, near Macleod's Lake, Macoun ; Kootanie Pass, Dawson ; fl. June, July. 



