BOTANY. 179 



Cerastium arvense oblongifoluim (Torr.) Britt. & Holl. 



Lorain Co., J. S. Newberry (Cat.) ; Miami Valley, A. P. Morgan (Flora). 



Cerastium nutans Raf. 



Generally distributed over the state. 



Cerastium viscosum L. 



Apparently over the whole state. 



Cerastium vulgatum L. Larger Mouse- ear Chickweed. 

 Frequent throughout the state. 



424. ALSINE L. (Stellaria L.) Chickweed. Starwort. 



AlStne borealis (Bigel.) Britt. ( Stellaria borealis Bigel.) Northern Starwort. 

 Painesville, H. C. Beardslee ( Cat) 



Alsine GraminEa (Muhl.) Britt. 

 Near Cleveland, Win. Krebs. 



Alsine longifolia'* (Muhl.) Britt. (Stellaria longifolia Muhl.) Long-leaved 

 St itch wort. 



Frequent throughout the stats. 



Alsine LONGIPES (Goldie) Britton. {Stellaria longipes Goldie.) Long-stalked 

 Stitchwort. 

 Northern Ohio, J. S. Newberry (Cat.); Franklin Co., J. L. Riddell (Synop. 1835). 



Alsine media L. (Stellaria media Smith.) 

 Common in fields and gardens. 



Alsine pubERA ( Mx.) Britt. ( Stellaria pubera Michx.) Great Chickweed. 



Frequent throughout the southern portion of the state; not observed north of 

 Fairfield County. 



Alsine uliGINOSA (Murr.) Britt. (Stellaria uliginosa Murr.) Swamp Chickweed. 

 "Ohio," J. L. Riddell (Synop. 1835), though he questioned its occurrence in 

 Ohio. 



425. ARENARIA L. Sandwort. 



Arenaria lateriflora L. 



Lake Co., Otto Hacker; Franklin Co., W. C. Werner, E. M. Wilcox. 



Arenaria stricTa Mx. (A. michauxii Hook.) 



Cedar Point, B. Claassen; South Bass Island (Lake Erie) W. Krebs ; Put-in-Bay 

 Island (Lake Erie) H. C. Beardslee (Cat.) ; Franklin Co., W. S. Sullivant (Cat 

 1840) but not re-collected since. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 



Frequent in fields and waste places throughout the state. 



426. SAGINA L. Pearl wort. 



