. 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 . 10. Alsine graminea fL.) Britton. Lesser Stitchvvort. Lesser Starwort. Fig. 1758. Slellaria graminca L. Sp. PI. 422. 1753. A, graminea Britton, Mem. Torn Club 5: 150. 1894. Weak, glabrous, ascending from creeping root- stocks, branching above, i°-2° high or long, stem 4-angled. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblongr lanceolate, spreading or ascending, io"-ls" long,
. 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 . 10. Alsine graminea fL.) Britton. Lesser Stitchvvort. Lesser Starwort. Fig. 1758. Slellaria graminca L. Sp. PI. 422. 1753. A, graminea Britton, Mem. Torn Club 5: 150. 1894. Weak, glabrous, ascending from creeping root- stocks, branching above, i°-2° high or long, stem 4-angled. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblongr lanceolate, spreading or ascending, io"-ls" long, 2"-3" wide, broadest just above the ciliolate base, acute, the lower smaller; cymes diffuse, terminal, or at length lateral; pedicels slender, spreading; bracts scarious, often ciliate, lanceolate, 2"-i" long; flowers 3"-s" broad; sepals lanceolate, acute, 2"- 2h" long, 3-nerved; petals 2-clef t, about the length of the sepals; capsule oblong, exceeding the sepals; seeds finely roughened. In fields and along roadsides, Newfoundland to On- tario and Maryland. Considered by Prof. Macoun as native in Canada ; in southern New York and New Jersey it is certainly introduced and adventive from Europe. Native of Europe and northern Asia. May-July. II. Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville. Long-stalked Stitchvvort. Fig. 1759. Slellaria longipes Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6: 3^7. .1822. '^ej Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 70. 1893. Slellaria Edwardsii R. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. cclxxi. 1824. A. longipes Edwardsii Britton, Mem. Torr Club 5 : 150. 1894. Erect or ascending, tufted, simple or rarely sparingly branched, 3-12' high, glabrous, shin- ing, glaucous or pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, s"-i8" long, i"-3" wide at the base, rigid, ascending or erect; flowers few, 3"-5" broad, terminal, on long slender erect pedicels; bracts scarious, lanceolate; sepals ovate or lanceolate, acute or acutish;
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