An illustrated flora of the 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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 ALSINACEAE. Vol. II. 6. Alsine tennesseensis (C. Mohrj Small. Ten- nessee Chickvveed. Fig. 1754. C. Mohr, Contr. U. S. Nat. Alsine Small, Fl. SE. U. S. Perennial, branched at the base, the branches decum- bent, 4-12' long, pubescent in lines. Lower leaves oval to suborbicular, petioled, acute or short-acumi- nate, t
An illustrated flora of the 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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 ALSINACEAE. Vol. II. 6. Alsine tennesseensis (C. Mohrj Small. Ten- nessee Chickvveed. Fig. 1754. C. Mohr, Contr. U. S. Nat. Alsine Small, Fl. SE. U. S. Perennial, branched at the base, the branches decum- bent, 4-12' long, pubescent in lines. Lower leaves oval to suborbicular, petioled, acute or short-acumi- nate, those ot sterile branches often larger; upper leaves sessile or short-petioled, elliptic to elliptic- lanceolate, acute or acuminate, i'-2' long, i'-i' wide; flowers slender-pedicelled, about 10' broad; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, s' long, the outer ciliate; petals about as long as the sepals, or shorter, cleft to below the middle; capsule 2'-3' long. Rocky woods, West Virginia .\pril-June. nd Kentucky to Alabama. 7. Alsine Holostea (L.) Britton. Greater Stitchwort or Starwort. Adder's !Meat. Fig. 1755. SicUaria Holostea L. Sp. PI. 422. 1753- Alsine Holostea Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 150. 1894. Erect from a creeping rootstock, glabrous or slightly downy, perennial, 8-2° high, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 1-3' long, 2'-3' wide at the base, tapering to a long slender tip, ciliate on the midvein and margin; flowers showy, 7'-io' broad, in terminal leafy cymose panicles; pedicels rather slender, downy; sepals 3'-6' long, lanceolate, acute, scarious-margined, one-half to two-thirds the length of the 2-cleft petals; capsule globose-ovoid. Stem angled, rough on the angles. Fields and meadows, Maine to Long Island. Fugitive or adventive from Europe. Native also of northern Asia. Also called Allbone, from its brittle nodes. Snake-, star- or thunder-flower. Snappers. Snap-jack. Piskies. Pixie. White bird's-eye. Easter-bell. Snake- grass. Lady's-lint. Apr
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