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. 



Aeseste boreaeis (Bigel.) Britt. {Stellaria borealis Bigel.) Northern Starwort. 

 Painesville, H. C. Beardslee (Cat.) 



Aesine Graminea (Muhl.) Britt. 

 Near Cleveland, Wni. Krebs. 



Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britt. [Stellaria longi folia Muhl.) Long-leaved 

 St .tchwort. 



Frequent throughout the state. 



Aesine eongipes (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 puber a 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. ARFNARIA 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, E. 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. Pearlwort. 



