W12 



TUBER STARWORT 



Alsi'ne jamesia'na, syns. A. curtis'ii, Stella'ria jamesia'na 



Flowers |small, in loose clusters at 

 top and in upper leaf axils, with top 

 flower in each cluster blooming first 

 (cymose inflorescence) 



Petals 5 (or 4), white, distinct (not 

 united), % in. long, 2-cleft at tips 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5 (or 4), 

 green, oblong, distinct, half the length 

 of the petals 



Stems strongly angled, diffuse, 5 to 24 

 in. high, sticky to the touch above, 

 somewhat enlarged at the joints 



Leaves opposite, the pairs horizon- 

 tally spreading, without leafstalks, 

 narrowly to broadly lance-shaped, 

 broadest near point of attachment and 

 long-tapering, \y t to 4% in. long, 

 smooth or nearly so, without append- 

 ages (stipules) in their axils; leaves on 

 the same plant from % to % in. in breadth 

 at base 



Seed pod (capsule) egg-shaped, shorter 

 than the sepals, tipped by 3 (rarely 4 

 or 5), distinct, threadlike stalks (styles), 

 when ripe splitting to base between the 

 6 teeth 



Rootstocks tuberous or slender to 

 stout, often with spindle-shaped, jointed 

 thickenings 



