Genus i. 



CHICKWEED FAMILY 



9. Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton. 

 Long-leaved Stitchwort. Fig. 1757. 



Stellaria longifolia Muhl. ; Willd. Enum. Hort. Ber. 



479- 1S09. 

 6". gramm(?a Bigel. Fl. Bost. no. 1814. Not L. 1753. 

 Stellaria Friesiana Ser. in DC. Prodr. i : 400. 1824. 

 A. longifolia Britton, Mem. Torn Club 5: 150. 1894. 



Weak, glabrous, or the stem rough-angled, 

 freely branching, erect or ascending, 8'-i8' high. 

 Leaves linear, spreading, acute or acutish at each 

 end, ¥-2i' long, i"-3" wide, the lower smaller ; 

 bracts lanceolate, i"-ii" long, scarious; pedi- 

 cels slender, divaricate; cymes at length ample, 

 mostly lateral ; flowers numerous, 3"-5" broad ; 

 sepals lanceolate, acute, about li" long, 3-nerved, 

 equalling or somewhat shorter than the 2-parted 

 petals; capsule ovoid-oblong, nearly twice as long 

 as the calyx ; seeds smooth, shining. 



In low meadows and swamps, Newfoundland to 

 Alaska, Maryland, Kentucky and Louisiana, in the 

 Rocky Mountain region and British Columbia. North- 

 ern Europe and Asia. May-July. 



10. Alsine graminea (L.) Britton. Lesser 

 Stitchwort. Lesser Starwort. Fig. 1758. 



Stellaria graminea L. Sp. PI. 422. 17S3. 



A, graminea Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 150. 1894. 



Weak, glabrous, ascending from creeping root- 

 stocks, branching above, l°-2°' high or long, stem 

 4-angled. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblongr 

 lanceolate, spreading or ascending, io"-i5" long, 

 2"-3" wide, broadest just above the ciliolate base, 

 acute, the lower smaller; cymes diffuse, terminal, 

 or at length lateral; pedicels slender, spreading; 

 bracts scarious, often ciliate, lanceolate, 2"-3" long; 

 flowers 3"-S" broad ; sepals lanceolate, acute, 2"- 

 22" long, 3-nerved; petals 2-cleft, about the length 

 of the sepals ; capsule oblong, exceeding the sepals ; 

 seeds finely roughened. 



In fields and along roadsides, Newfoundland to On- 

 tario and Maryland. Considered by Prof. Macoun as 

 native in Canada ; in southern New York and New Jersey 

 it is certainly introduced and adventive from Europe. 

 Native of Europe and northern Asia. May-July. 



II. Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville. 

 Long-stalked Stitchwort. Fig. 1759. 



Stellaria longipes Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6 : 



327. 1822. 

 y4. /ongi'/iei Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4 : 70. 1893. 

 Stellaria Edwardsii R. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. 



cclxxi. 1824. 

 A. longipes Edwardsii Britton, Mem. Torr Club 5 : 



150. 1894. 



Erect or ascending, tufted, simple or rarely 

 sparingly branched, 3'-i2' high, glabrous, shin- 

 ing, glaucous or pubescent. Leaves lanceolate 

 or linear-lanceolate, 5"-i8" long, i"-3" wide 

 at the base, rigid, ascending or erect; flowers 

 few, 3"-s" broad, terminal, on long slender 

 erect pedicels; bracts scarious, lanceolate; 

 sepals ovate or lanceolate, acute or acutish ; 

 petals 2-cleft, exceeding the calyx; capsule 

 ovoid, longer than the sepals; seeds smooth. 



In moist places, Labrador and Nova Scotia to 

 Quebec, west to Alaska and Minnesota, south in 

 the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, and to Cali- 



