. 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. Botany. Cerastiuin aqiial StcUaria aquatic Alsivc aquatica ' cum L. Sp. PI. 439. I753. 1 Scop. Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, i: 319. 1772, iritton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 356. 1894. Perennial, stem angled, mostly glandular-pubescent above, nearly glabrous below, ascending or decum- bent, branched, i°-2i° long. Leaves ovate or ovate- lanceolate, acute at the , the upper sessile and subco
. 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. Botany. Cerastiuin aqiial StcUaria aquatic Alsivc aquatica ' cum L. Sp. PI. 439. I753. 1 Scop. Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, i: 319. 1772, iritton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 356. 1894. Perennial, stem angled, mostly glandular-pubescent above, nearly glabrous below, ascending or decum- bent, branched, i°-2i° long. Leaves ovate or ovate- lanceolate, acute at the , the upper sessile and subcordate, the lower petioled, rounded at the base, i'- 2' long; flowers about i' broad, solitary in the forks of the stem and in terminal cymes; pedicels slender, glandular, deflexed and much longer than the calyx in fruit; calyx campanulate; sepals ovate, acute, about one-Iialf as long as the 2-cleft petals; stamens 10; styles s, alternate with the sepals, rarely 6; capsule ovoid-oblong, slightly longer than the calyx; seeds rough. In wet and waste places, Quebec and Ontario to Pennsyl- 'entive from Europe. Water-chickweed. May-Aug. 2. Alsine humifusa ( Rottb.) Britton. Low Chickweed. Fig. 1750. Arenaria thymifolia Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 317. 1814. Alsine humifu Me r. Club 5 : 150. 1894. Glabrous, stems branching, spreading and ascend- ing, i'-3' long, purplish. Leaves ovate or oblong, fleshy, 2"-3" long, acutish or obtuse, sessile; bracts foliaceous; flowers few or solitary, terminal or axillary, 3"-s" broad; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute or acutish, 2" long; petals 2-parted, equalling or somewhat exceeding the calyx; capsule ovoid, as long as the sepals; seeds smooth, brown. In moist or wet places. Greenland and Labrador to New Brunswick and Maine, west to Alaska and Oregon. Also in northern Europe and Asia. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration a
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