Areriarla. CAKVolM 1 VLI.ACK.K. 245 



A. .s7^/c^^Mic•llx., Itiit is to bo (liHtinfi^uit«ho(l liy itMHinnll flowcrn nnd pulierulerit iiiHoreiMfiuf. 

 Tlif hal.itallv idcutiial A. Uiiiiif«li,t, L., tif tliu ( »1<1 Worhl, liiw r]\«ru-T \a-VaU and intirr 

 slemltT (•a])Sulo.s, distiiK-lions wliiili arc iiom- ion Htron;;. 



A. patula, Mkiix. Stems diffu.sily liraiiclied, 2 iiitlics to a fin.t in hi-i^lit, oftt-ii aliiioftt 

 filifunii : leaves njireading, sliijlitlv Hesliy : iuHoresrciue diiliotoinoUM ; pedicelM tllifainn, 

 spreailing : sepals lancenlate, attenuate, with 3 to 5 prominent eonverging nerven, sliKlitly 

 indurated, a little over 2 lines in lenj^lh, usually minutely glandular: jwtal.H twi.e as long, 

 entire <>r retuse, <il>ii>rdate: the obtuse vahes <>f the capsule ahout equalling the ealyx ; 

 seeds iilaik, minutely roughened. — Fl. i. U7.I ; 'lOrr. & (iray, Fl. i. 180; (iray, Man. ed. .'», 

 91 ; Hill, Hull. Torr-Cluh, xvii. 172 ; MacMillan. H..t. Gaz. xv. 3:»2. A. J'itrlirri, Nutt.. ajid 

 ? ^1. tentlla, Nutt. 1. c. 180, so far iis Arkan.>ias jihints are (.oncernod. Altinr mimnjurmn, 

 Fenzl, 1. c. .1. //(i<h/(», Cray, .Man. ed. 2,58; Chajim. Fl. 49. A. Pitrlinl, W.mmI, CIjuw- 

 Bock, ed. of 1861, 260; Cliapm. Fl. ed. 2, 608. Slillaria macro/,. i„la, Tvtt. & (Jniy, Fl. 

 i. 184 {Alsiiie miicioi>el(il<i, tiray. Gen. 111. ii. .34), differing only in the slightly more deeply 

 divideil petals, which arc themselves more or less varialde, must he referred here, where itH 

 identity of hahit and caly.v clearly indicates its affinity to he. — Kentucky to Florida (ace. 

 to Chapman); Alahama, I'etirs, Mohr ; 'lexirn, Dnimnwufl, Mryir, liurklei/ ; and Indian 

 Terr., Carleton (ace. to liolzinger), northward to Chicago, linhiurk. Hill, and Cuss Co., 

 MiuDe.sota (ace. to MacMillan) ; H. April to July. The leave.s of this species are variable, 

 more often narrowly linear or filiform, 4 to 7 lines in length, but occasionally I J inches long 

 and a line wide. 



-1— -»— Glabrous. 



A. stricta, Mimx. Smooth, loosely matted .- stems numerous, slender, ascending, 3 to 15 

 inches high, leafy nearly to the middle : leaves subulate .setaceous, conspicuously fascicled 

 in the axils : inflorescence a loosely forked cynnwe paniile : petals narrowly obovate, nearly 

 twice the length of the soniewhat rigid acuminate jtrominently 3-ril)l>ed sepals : c:ipsiilo 

 about eciualling or exceeding the calyx. — Fl. i. 274 ; V.W. Sk. i. 521 ; His)k. F'l. Bor.-Am. i. 

 09, t. 33 (including i)oth var. a, a weak boreal few-flowered form with erect leaves, and 

 var. 3, the common form with spreading leaves); Torr. & (iray, Fl. i. 179 (at lea.st var. 

 /3) ; Hritton, Mem. Torr. Club, ii. 37. 1 A. setacen, Muhl. Trans. Am. I'hil. Soc. iii. 169. 

 ,1. Mlrbaurii, Hook. f. Arc. PI. 287, 322. Alslne MIchmtxii, Fenzl, Verbreit. Alsin. 18; 

 Hegel, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxv. 232. t. 8, f. 1-5. — R<M-ky and gravelly soil, Vermout to 

 S. Carolina, westward to the Black Hills, lii/dbeiy (lax form), and (ace. to J. M. Macoun) to 

 the Hocky Mts. f)f Brit. America ; fl. May to July. 



Var. Texana, Bonixsox. More rigid : stems fewer, 3 to 7 inches high, strongly 

 enlarged at tlie nodes: leaves very short, consi)icuously connate; the fiLscicled ones only 1 

 to 2 lines long: flowers in a small rather dense cyme: sepals almost cartilaginous, very 

 strongly 3-nerved, appearing attenuate through the infolding of their margins. — Troc. Am. 

 Acad. xxix. 302. ^ A.stricia, var. a, Torr. & (Jray, F'l. i. 179. — Kocky Hill.s, Texaj<, (iurdon, 

 Iii</el<iii\ /fall, lieveichon; Arkausas, Leavenworth ; Indian Terr., Palmer: Kansas*, ^miflhe : 

 and S. W . Missouri, lilnnk-inship. A specimen from I'otosi, Mo., coll. by /'. J'tck; exactly 

 connects this variety with the type. 



* * «: «c * Perennials, closely matted or tufted, 1 to 6 inches in height : sepals acuminate, 

 but not strongly nerveil except in .1. lerua. 



A. verna, L. Rather closely tufte<l : stems numerous, slender, a.scending or erect, 8m(M)th, 

 1 to 5 inches higii, l-3(or morej-flowered ; the upper interno<les commonly much excec«ling 

 the leaves: leaves linear-subulate, flat, rather strongly 3-nerved, usually erect and never 

 squarrose : peduncles filiform: sepals ovate-oblong, acutish to acuminate, strongly 3-ner*e«l, 

 1^ to 1} lines long, exceeding the obovate or oblanceolate obtusish jKtals : capsule .Homeuhat 

 8ur|>a,ssing the calyx. — Mant. i. 72 ; Seringc in DC. I'nxlr. i. 405; Hook. Fl Bor.-.\m. i. 

 99; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 181. A.juniperiwi, Pursh, Fl. i. 318; H.M)k Fl Bor.-Am. i. 98 ; 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 179, 674. Alsine verwi, Bartl. Beitr. ii. 63. — A wi.lely distributcnl 

 festival rather than vernal species (fl. June to Augu,st) with numerous but ill-defined vari- 

 eties. The smooth tyj)ical form appears to be common in the Bixky Mts of Brit. .Nmerira, 

 MnroHH, and extends even as far southward as Ci'lorado, H'l'V & l\i>thio<l-. I( liao bc«U 

 found on Mt. Albert, l..ower Canada, Alltit. A far more frequent form ia 



