Family CARYOPHYLLACEA: gi 
2. Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton. 
In low wet ground, along streams in the western part of the state. 
Dismal river; Plummer Ford. 
7. Cerastium. 397. 
Sepals about half as long as the petals. 
Leaves linear or linear-oblong, narrowed at the base. 4. C. arvense. 
Leaves spatulate or lanceolate, the basal petioled. _ 
2. C. longipedunculatum. 
Sepals about as long as the petals. 
Perennials; sepals 5-6 mm. long. 1. C. vulgatum. 
Annuals; sepals 3-4 mm. long. 3. C. brachypodum. 
1. Cerastium vulgatum L. Mouse-ear Chickweed. 
In the southeastern part of the state. Crete; Ft. Robinson; Long 
Pine. 
2. Cerastium longipedunculatum Muhl. Nodding Chickweed. 
Mostly in the eastern part of the state. Box Butte county; Hol- 
drege; Lincoln; Minden. 
3. Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm.) Robinson. ; 
In dry soil over most of the state. Box Butte county; Gordon; Lin- 
coln; Minden; Pullman; Valentine. 
4. Cerastium arvense L. : 
In dry, rocky soil in the northwestern part of the state. Ft. Robin- 
son; War Bonnet canyon. 
8. Arenaria. 400. 
Stems usually less than one dm. high; flowers in dense cymes. 
1. A. hookeri. 
Stems over one dm. high; flowers in diffuse cymes. 2. A. stricta. 
1. Arenaria hookeri Nutt. 
In dry, rocky places, mostly in the foot-hills. Belmont; Crawford; 
Ft. Robinson; Hat Creek basin; Pine Ridge. 
2. Arenaria stricta Michx. 
In the western part of the state. Franklin; Red Cloud. 
5. Mochriigia. 402, 
1. Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl. 
In the northwestern part of the state. Long Pine; Valentine; War 
Bonnet canyon. 
10. Leeflingia. 403. 
1. Leeflingia texana Hook. 
In dry soil in the western part of the state. Belmont. 
11. Paronychia. 404. 
Stems prostrate, spreading; flowers axillary, solitary, or in small 
cymes. ; 1. P. depressa. 
Stems erect; flowers in terminal cymes. 2. P. jamesii. 
1. Paronychia depressa (Nutt.) A. Nels. 
Rare on dry hills in the western part of the state. 
2. Paronychia jamesii T. & G. 
Common in dry soil in the western part of the state. Banner county; 
Box Butte county; Deuel county; Franklin; Pine Ridge; Sioux county. 
