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; 2nd ed. . 14. Alsine fontinalis (Short & Peter) Water Stitchwort. Fig. 1762. Journ. Med. Sagina fontinalis Short & Peter, Transylv 7 : 600. fontinalis Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 29: 286. fontinalis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 356. 1894- Annual, glabrous, stems weak, very slender,branched, ascending or diiTuse, 4-i2 long. Leaveslinear-spatula
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; 2nd ed. . 14. Alsine fontinalis (Short & Peter) Water Stitchwort. Fig. 1762. Journ. Med. Sagina fontinalis Short & Peter, Transylv 7 : 600. fontinalis Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 29: 286. fontinalis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 356. 1894- Annual, glabrous, stems weak, very slender,branched, ascending or diiTuse, 4-i2 long. Leaveslinear-spatulate, 4-i2 long, about l wide, theupper sessile, acute or subacute at the apex, thelower obtuse and narrowed into short petioles; pedi-cels filiform, 3-i5. long, erect or ascending, soli-tary or 2-3 together in the forks of the stem andbranches and axils; calyx oblong-campanulate, llong; sepals 4 or S, oblong or linear, obtuse, aboutequalling the ovoid-oblong obtuse capsule; stamens4-8; petals wanting; styles very short; seeds denselytuberculate-roughened. In wet places, Kentucky and Tennessee. April-May. Genus 2. CHICKWEED FAMILY. 47 2. CERASTIUM L. Sp. PI. 437. or perennial, generally pubescent or hirsute herbs, with terminal dichotomouscymes of white f
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