86 Caryophyllaceae 



In moist open places throughout the 

 Rockies, flowering in June. 



Low, smooth, or somewhat hairy, 



Alsine laeta 



(Richards.) ^4 inches high, very glaucous 



Rydb. throughout, densely leafy at the 



Glaucous base. Leaves keeled, lanceo- 



Stitchwort. 



> awl _ shaped 



stiff, J-J an inch long. Flowers J of an inch 

 or more across; sepals lanceolate, acute, J of 

 an inch long; petals notched, longer than the 

 sepals; stamens showy, with scarlet anthers. 

 In alpine meadows and moist grounds at 

 high altitudes, throughout the region; flower- 

 ing in July. 



Erect or ascending, weak, much 



branched, smooth, or hairy 

 boreahs 



(Bigel.) above, 6-18 inches long. Leaves 



Britton. thin, lanceolate or oblong-lance- 



Northern Q{ ^ {nch ^ j & 



Stitchwort. 



sessile, thin, margins slightly 



hairy or naked. Flowers small and incon- 

 spicuous in a leafy terminal compound head, 



