als in a ceo us

[Eng. and Lat. alsine; Eng. suff. -aceous.] Pertaining to the genus Alsine, or to chickweed; resembling chickweed in some particular. An als in a ceo us corolla, in Link's cla ification, is one with short, distant claws. al-si-nē, s . [Sp. & Lat. alsine; Gr. ἀλσίνη (alsine). A plant, probably chickweed; from ἄλσος ( alsos ) = a grove.] Chickweed, an old genus of plants belonging to the order Caryophyllaceæ (Clove-worts). It is now broken up, the species being distributed among the genera Arenaria, Stellar i a, and Spergularia. Alsine media is the Linnæan name for the Common Chickweed, now called Stellar i a media .