Stellaria. CAKV()niVI,LA( K.i:. 23;') 



iKva, i. 50; 'I'orr. & Cirav, V\. i. 186; but pruliaWy not of PcjJl. /jtrhrm uli</ino*ti, H<Mjk. Fl. 

 IJor.-Aiii. i. <J3, a.s to i>l. u£ C'li;iiiiis»o iiiiii |icrliiii>8 of Druiiinioiici. .s'. rrai»ij»lia, KoIuikI. 

 Cat. 6. Siiergnlnslrum Itinvcolitlnin, Mirhx. Fl. i. 275. Mirrui>rtulim lannolatiini, I'en. Svii. 

 i. 509. Amiitriti lalerijlom, l)arliii<;t. Flonila Ce»t. 54. Alsine burraiig. Ur'iUnii,\. v. U'J. 



— New Knglaiid to New Jersey; Meudotiuo Co., Calif., ami iiortliwanl ; fl. iiiidMunitncr ; 

 fre(|iu'iit. 



Var. COroUina, Fkn/l, 1. c 382. Taller: inflorescence sitreadin^ anil nioro definitrh- 

 terininal : Imuts reduced, the up])erinoHt nion* or leK» 8cariou« : j»etalH uxually prewnt : 

 seeds .sliglitiy rouyliened. — S. brar/i'i/iitald. Hong. Veg. Sitch. 126; Torr. & Cray, Fl. i. 186. 

 S. al/iestiis, Fries, Mant. i. 10, exd. var. ."■>. Feiizlii, Kegel, Hull. Soc. Nat. Mwc. xxxv 2K0. 

 .S. borealis, var. al/>estils, (iray, Man. ed. 5, 93. Alsine iorenlis, var. (il/ifxlriii, liritton, 1. c. 



— Lake Superior, liobbiiis, to Oregon, lluwvll, and northward. (Ku., Asia.) 



S. crassifolia, Knun. Low, smooth: stems many, weak, a-scemling or Huherect ; interno<li-<i 

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

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, aliout ec|nalled or somewhat exceeded l>y the |»<'tals and 

 capsule: seeds distinctly r<»ughened under a lens, somewiiat larger than in the ht-^t pre<iMliiig 

 species. — llannov. Mag. pt. 8, 110. v^L Heitr. iii. 60; Fen/.l, 1. c. 383; Wats. & Coulter in 

 Cray, Man. ed. 6, 87, excl. Kentucky jdant. 6". gracilis, liichards. 1. c. ed. \, A pp. 738 

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

 .S' borealis, var. j3, llook. 1. c. 95. Alsine crassifolia, Britton, 1. c. 150. — Wet gr'iun<l and 

 marshy places, Lalirador, Martin, Allen, to the Lower St. Lawrence, /'rimjle, and N. lllin<jis, 

 I'dseij, Hill: Colorado, Hall & Hiirbour, Crandall ; Montana, Canbi/, and northwanl; fl. 

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



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

 inches long: branches spreading: leaves spatulatedinear, obtusish, spreading, 5 to 10 linea 

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

 branches, 1 to li inches long, ascending: sepals 4 t(j 5, oblong, obtu.-ie, 3-nerved : [jetalw 

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

 capsule obtuse, not exceeding the calyx. — I'roc. Am. Acad. xxix. 286. .S'. rrassiiUia, Wats. 

 Bibl. Index, 111, in part ; Cliapm. Fl. ed. 2, 608 ; Wats. & Coulter in (Jray. Man. ed. 6. 87, 

 in part. Saijinafoiitinnlis, Short & Peter, Transylv. Jour. Med. vii. 600; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. 

 i. 177. Spergitla fonlinnlis, Dietr. Syn. I'l. ii. 1597. Alsine funtinalis, Brittcju, 1. c. 356. — 

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

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



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



S. humifusa, Bottb. Low, densely matteil, smooth : stems pro.strate or ascending, angu- 

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

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

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

 t. 4. f. 14 ; Torr. & Cray, Fl. i. 184; Fenzl in Ivedeb. Fl. Boss. i. 384. .9. murifiuata, Cham. & 

 Schlecht. Linnaea, i. .50. Arenaria I hi/m if ol in, Vxirab, Fl. i. 317; Eaton & Wright, N. A. 

 Bot. 132. A. Purshiana, Seringe in DC. Trodr. i. 414; Ibwik. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 102. AUinr 

 humifusa, Britton, 1. c. — Salt marshes and boggy .slopes, Maine, Little Cranln-rry Island, lird- 

 Jield, Upper St. Jr)hn Biver, Coodnle ; Anticosti. Mnronn, and coast of Oreg.m, I/outll liros., 

 northward to Ahiskaand Arctic America ; fl. July to September. (Creenland, N. Eu.. Sil.o- 

 ria.) The commoner form, var. f>VAMi-6i.iA, Fen/.l. 1. c, has leaves ovate or suborbicular, 

 crowded, only 1 to 3 lines in length. Var. oni.oviiiFoi.iA, Fen/1, 1. c , luus interninles more 

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



S. obtlisa, EsiiKi.M. Smooth : .stems prostrate, 2 to 3 inches long : leaves thin, ovate, acute. 

 abniit 4 lines l'>ng. half as broad: flowers .sulitary, ap|)earing axillary: jH-diindes 3 to 4 

 lines long: .sepals ovate, obtuse, hardly at all .scarious on the margins: petals none: ca|uiule 

 \\ to I^ times a.s long as the calyx, (d)tu.se ; .seeds brown, under a com|Hiund micromMH>o 

 covered with lighter-colored oblong tubercles with fringed edges. — Bot. (Ja/„ vii. 5 ; Macoun. 

 Cat. Canad. I'l. i. 76. SJiuminisa, .Macoun, I'ha-nog. X: Crypt. I'l. of Canail.9. — Anthmcitc 

 Creek, ('..!. .rado, 9.000 to lO.iMHI feet, llriiniixier, to Blue NJls , Wxshingtiui, /'./>rr, and Brit. 

 Columbia, near Ma<leod'8 Lake, Macoun ; Kootanie Bass, iJou-sun ; fl. June, July. 



