128 CARYOPHYLI^ACEAE 



7. ALSINB Iv. 



Styles 5. i. A. aquatica. 



Styles 3 or rarely 4. 

 Leaf -blades relatively broad. 

 Plants with glabrous foliage, or with a few scattered hairs. 



2. A. uliginosa. 

 Plants more or less pubescent, the stems with 2 pubescent lines, the peti- 

 oles often ciliate. 

 Sepals 3-4 mm. long : petals shorter than the sepals. 3. A. media. 

 Sepals 5-7 mm. long : petals longer than the sepals. 4. A. pubera. 

 Leaf-blades relatively narrow. 

 Cyme with small scarious bracts. 

 Petals parted : capsules about twice as long as the sepals : seeds smooth. 



5. A. longifolia. 

 Petals cleft : capsules somewhat longer than the sepals : seeds rough. 



6. A. graminea. 

 Cymes with foliaceous bracts. 7. A. borealis. 



1. Alsine aquatica (L. ) Britten. WATER MousE-Ear Chickweed. 

 (Man. p. 395; I. v./. 1472.) In wet and waste places, Out. to Pa., 

 Also in B. C. Adv. from Eu. — Pennsylvania : Phii,adELPHIA, Fair- 

 mount Park. 



2. Alsine uliginosa (Murr.) Britton. Bog StarworT. Marsh 

 ChickweEd. (Man. p. 395 ; I. F.y^ !474-) In cold brooks and springs, 

 N. B. to Md. Also in B. C. and the N. W., Terr., Eu. and Asia.— 

 Pennsylvania : Susquehanna ; Wayne ; Monroe ; Luzerne ; North- 

 ampton ; Bucks ; Dei,aware ; Montgomery ; Phii<adelphia ; Ches- 

 ter ; Lancaster ; Columbia ; McKean. 



3. Alsine media L. Common Chickweed. (Man. p. 395; I. F. /. 

 T475.) In waste places, meadows and woods, throughout N. Am. Nat. 

 from Eu. Native also of Asia. — Pennsylvania: Monroe; North- 

 ampton ; Coi,UMBiA ; Lancaster ; Chester ; Dei,aware ; Ai,i,eghen\'. 



4. Alsine pubera (Michx.) Britton. GrE-^T ChickweEd. (Man. 

 P- 395; I- F- y^ ^476-) In moist, rocky places, N. J. and Pa. to Ind., 

 Ky., Ga. and Ala. — Pennsylvania: Montgomery; PHir.ADEiPHiA ; 

 Chester ; Lancaster ; York ; Dei-aware ; Fayette ; Ali^egheny. 



5. Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton. Long-leaved StiTCHworT. 

 (Man. p. 396; I. F. /. 1478.) In low meadows and swamps, N. S. to 

 Alaska, Ky., and La., and in the Rocky Mountain region, B. C, northern 

 Eu. and Asia. — Pennsylvania : Monroe ; Northampton ; Bucks ; 

 Montgomery ; Berks ; Chester ; Dei-aware ; Lancaster ; Frank- 

 UN ; Tioga, ; Ci^earfield ; Armstrong ; Somerset ; Ai,i,egheny. 



6. Alsine graminea (L-) Britton. LESSER StitchworT or STar- 

 WORT. (Man. p. 396; l.V.f. 1479.) In fields and on roadsides, N. S., 

 Quebec, Ont., N. Eng. and the Middle States. Native of Eu. and Asia. 

 — Pennsylvania : Susquehanna ; Monroe ; Montgomery. 



7. Alstne borealis (Bigel.) Britton. Northern Stitchwort. 

 (Man. p. 396 ; I. F./. T482.) In wet places, R. I. to N. J., Minn, and B. 

 C, and in the Rocky Mts. to Colo. Also in northern Eu. and Asia.— 

 Pennsylvania : Wayne ; Monroe ; Montgomery. 



