. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. ALSINACEAE. Vol. II. fornia. Also in northern Asia. Summer. Consists of many races, differing mainly in size of plant, size of flowers and pubescence. 12. Alsine crassifolia Ehrh. Fleshy Stitchwort. Fig. 1760. Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh. Hannov. Mag. 8: 116. 1784. Alsine crassifolia Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 150. 1894. Diffuse or ascending, weak, slender, sim
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. ALSINACEAE. Vol. II. fornia. Also in northern Asia. Summer. Consists of many races, differing mainly in size of plant, size of flowers and pubescence. 12. Alsine crassifolia Ehrh. Fleshy Stitchwort. Fig. 1760. Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh. Hannov. Mag. 8: 116. 1784. Alsine crassifolia Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 150. 1894. Diffuse or ascending, weak, slender, simple or branched, glabrous, 2'-io' long. Leaves somewhat fleshy, oblong- lanceolate to linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, narrowed at the base, 3"-8" long, i"-2i" wide; cymes terminal, few-flowered, or flowers axillary and solitary; bracts foliaceous, small; peduncles slender, ascending; flowers 2"-3" broad; sepals lanceolate-oblong, acute; petals longer than the calyx; capsule ovoid, longer than the sepals; seeds rough. In springs and moist places, Labrador to Quebec, Illinois, Mani- toba and in arctic America, south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado. Also in northern Europe and Asia. Summer. 13. Alsine borealis (BigeL) Britton. Northern Stitchwort. Fig. 1761. Stellaria borealis Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 1S2. 1824. Stellaria alpestris Fries, Mant. 3: 194. 1843. S. borealis var, alpestris A, Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 93. 1867. Alsine borealis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 150. 1894. Alsine borealis alpestris Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 150. 1894. 6b^. Erect or ascending, weak, much branched, gla- brous, or pubescent above, 6'-i8' long. Leaves membranous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, ¥-i¥ long, 2"-5" W'ide, acute, sessile, their margins ciliate or naked; inflorescence a leafy terminal compound cyme; pedicels slender, ascending or spreading; flow- ers 2"-4" broad; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute; petals 2-5, shorter than the sepals, or none
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