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Portulacca grandiflora Hooker, Bot. Mag., PI. 2885, (1829). 

 I have found it as an escape from gardens at Notre Dame, Ind. 



Family 59. ALSINEAE Bartling, Ord. Nat. p. 304 (1830). 



Alsinoideac A. Br., Aschers., Fl. Brand., I, p. 60 (1864). 

 Alsineaceae Bubani, Fl. Pyr., Ill, p. 22 (1901). 



ALSJNE Dioscorides, IV 75, Pliny, XXV :ii. 



Alsine Matthioli, Anguillara, Lacuna, Lonicer, Lobellius, 

 Castor Durante, Fuchs, Dodonaeus, Tabernaemontanus, Gerarde, 

 Thalius, Camerarius, Gesner, etc., etc., Alsine Tour., Els., p. 208, 

 1694, I. R. H., p. 242 (1700) Alsine Linn., Syst., (1735), Gen., 

 p. 133 (1337), [Alsine and Stellaria Gen., p. 132 and 193 (1754)]. 



Alsine media Fuchs Hist. Stirp., p. lob (1546). 



Alsine media Dodonaeus, Hist. PI., Ed. C. Clusius, p. 40 (1557), 

 Camerarius Hort. Med. p. 11 (1588), C. Bauhin Pinax, p. 250 

 (1623), Tour., Els., p. 205 (1694), I. R. H., p. 242 (1700), Alsine 

 minor Dodonaeus Pempt., p. 29 (1583), also Thalius, Sylv. Here, 

 p. II (1588), Hippia minor Dodonaeus Tr. Pr. Stirp. Hist., p. 



150 (1553)- 



Lake Maxinkuckee (H. W. Clarke) 2057 Notre Dame (Powers). 

 The plant is found throughout the whole region. It blooms the 

 whole year round, a few sunny days in the middle of winter being 

 sufficient to bring out the flowers. 



Alsine graminea Linn., and Hesselgren, Pan Suecus in Am. 

 Acad. I, p. 248 (1751). 



Stellaria graminea Linn., Sp. PL, p. 412 (1753), Alsine graminea 

 Britton, Mem. Torr. CI. V, p. 150 (1894). 



Lake Co. (Deam), Michigan City, Laporte Co., C. D. Mell. 



Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton, Mem. Torr. CI., V, p. 

 150 (1894). 



Stellaria longifolia Muhl., Willd., Enum. Hort. Berol. pp. 

 479 (1809). 



Clarke, Ind., (Umbach. Nos. 36, 896 3433, Notre Dame, 

 Ind. The latter found by Powers, 578 Terre Coupee (St. Joseph 

 Co.), 1 1073 Benton Harbor, (Berrien Co.). 



Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville, Cotn. Nat. Nerb. IV, p. 

 70 (1894). 



Stellaria longipes Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Jr. VI, p. 327 (1822). 



St. Joseph Co. (Rothert), No. 2058, Notre Dame, (Powers). 



CERASriUM Dillenius, Cat. PI. Giss., p. 41, etc. (1718). 



