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PINK FAMILY. 



8. Alsine graminea (L,.) Britton. Lesser Stitchwort. Lesser Starwort. 



(Fig. 1479.) 



Stellaria graminea L. Sp. PI. 422. 1753. 



Alsine graminea Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5; 150. 



Weak, glabrous, ascending from creeping root- 

 stocks, branching above, i-i l / 2 high or long, 

 stem 4-angled. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, spreading or ascending, io"-is" 

 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 r/ -5 x/ broad; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, 2 // -2^ // l n g. 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- 

 quent. Considered by Prof. Macoun as native in 

 Canada; in southern New York and New Jersey it is 

 certainly introduced and adventive from Europe. 

 Native of Europe and northern Asia. May-July. 



9. Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville. Long-stalked Stitchwort. (Fig. 1480.) 



Slellaria longipes Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6: 

 327. 1822. 



Alsine longipes Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 70. 

 1893- 



Erector ascending, tufted, simple or rarely 

 sparingly branched, 3 / -i2 / high, glabrous, 

 shining, rarely glaucous or pubescent. 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 5"- 

 i8 // long, \' f -^" 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 Edzcardsii R. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. cclxxi. 1824. 

 Stellaria longipes var. Edii'ardsii S. Wats. Bibl. Index, i: 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. 

 Stellaria peduncularis Bunge; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 2: 157. 1830. 

 Stellaria longipes var. peduncularis Fenzl, in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I: 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. 



