ROBINSON. — ALSINEA. 3808 
calyx. — Mant. i. 72; Seringe in DC. Prodr. i. 405; Hook. FI. Bor.- 
Am. i. 99; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 181. A, juniperina, Pursh, Fl. 318 ; 
Hook. Fl. Bor-Am. i. 98; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 179, 674. Alsine 
verna, Bartl. Beitr. ii. 63.— A widely distributed species with numerous 
but ill defined varieties. The smooth typical form appears to be common 
in the Rocky Mts. of British America (Macoun), and has been found 
on Mt. Albert, Lower Can. (Allen). A far more frequent form is 
Var. hirta, Wars. Finely glandular-puberulent upon stems, 
peduncles, and calyx: leaves nearly or quite smooth. — Bot. King 
Exp. 41; Porter & Coulter, Fl. Col. 14; Rothr. Enum. Pl. Col. 35. 
A. hirta, Wormsk. Fl. Dan. x. t. 1646. “A. propingua, Richardson 
in Frankl. Journ. 738. _Alsine verna, var. hirta, Fenzl in Ledeb. FI. 
Ross. i. 349. A. rubella, var. hirta, Lange, Pl. Greenl. 132. A. pro- 
to Smugglers’ Notch, Vt. (Pringle), and along the Rocky Mts. to 
Arizona (Lemmon) ; also in the San Bernardino Mts. ( Wright). 
Var. rubella, Hook. f. Depauperate, minutely glandular-puber- 
ulent or very rarely smooth: peduncles and sepals purplish tinged, 
the latter less strongly nerved. — Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 82. A. Giesekii, 
Hornem, Fl. Dan. ix. t. 1518. A. hirta, var. glabrata, Cham. & 
Schlecht. Linnea, i. 56. Alsine rubella, Schrenk in Fenzl, 1. ¢. i. 349. 
A. verna, var. glacialis, Fenzl fide Wats. Bibl. Index, 99.— Occur- 
ring with and often scarcely to be distinguished from the preceding. 
A. Rossii, Ricnarpson. Dwarf and closely tufted, glabrous: 
leaves crowded, narrowly linear, 3-edged, obtusish, slightly fleshy : 
stems many, 4-14 inches long, filiform, usually ending in a solitary 
peduncle, more rarely branched and several-flowered : sepals attenuate, — 
slightly fleshy, not at all rigid and scarcely or not at all ribbed, 1-14 
lines long: petals oblong, nearly equalling the calyx, often minute or 
none: capsule shorter than the calyx. — Richardson in Frankl. Journ. 
738; R. Br, in Parry’s Ist Voy. App. 272; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 1005 
Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 181; Porter & Coulter, Fl. Col. 14. A. elegans, 
Cham, & Schlecht. Linnea, i. 57. A. stricta, Wats. Bibl. Index, 98, 
mM part, not of Michaux nor Wahlenberg’s Alsine stricta of the Old 
World, which is surely distinct. Alsine Rossii, Fenzl, Verbr. Alsin. 
es Mountains of Colorado, Hall & Harbour, Coulter, Wolf; Wyo- 
ming, Parry; British America, Bowrgeau, to Arctic America. 
A. Nuttalli, Pax. Glandular-puberulent or tomentulose through- 
Cut: root single, vertical, rather stout: stems many, loosely matted 
and much branched near the base; branches ascending or erect, leafy : 
