220 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



R. amphibia (L., 1753, as Sisymbrium) : vice R. lancifolia, Moench, 

 I.e., with var. indivisa (DC.), and var. varicefolia (DC.). The 

 latter species is put in the " Manual " as Armoracia amphibia. 



Silena venosa, Aschers, " Fl. Brand.," i. 86: vice S. Cucubalus, 

 Wibel, "Prim. Fl. Werth.," 241, and " Ind. Kew." = S. inflata, 

 Sm. It is the Cucubalus Behen, L., 1753 (but there is a valid 

 Silene Behen, L.), and the Cucubalus venosus, Gilib., "Fl. 

 Lituan.," ii. 165, 1782, with wt.pubenila (Jord.). 



Cerastium erectum, Coss. and Germ., " Fl. Paris," 39, 1845: vice 

 C. qitaternelhim, Fenzl, " Verbreit. Alsin.," t. ad. p. 56, and 

 "Index Kew." It is the Sagina erecta, L., 1753. 



C. cerastoides, Britton, in "Mem. Torrey Bot. Club," t. 150, 

 1894 : replaces C. trigynum, Vill, " Prosp.," 48, and of "Ind. 

 Kew." ; and C. lapponicum, Crantz, " Inst.," ii. 402, and of 

 " Bab. Man.," ed. 9. 



Arenaria rubella, Sm., " E. B. Suppl.," t. 2538, 1831: vice A. 

 sulcata, Schlecht., in " Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag.," vii. 

 212, 1813. It is the A/sine rubella, Wahl., " Fl. Lapp.," 128, 

 1812, and Minuartia rubella, Hiern, and "Bab. Man.," ed. 9 

 (Arenaria rubella, Sm., is erroneously stated in " Index 

 " Kewensis " to be A. rerna.). 



A. tenuifolia, L., in Babington's "Manual," ed. 9, Messrs. 

 Groves name this Minuartia leptophylla ; but if the genus 

 Minuartia be adopted it should stand as M. tenuifolia (L.), not 

 of Nees ex Mart., " Hort. Erlang.," 44, which is A. mucronata. 



Sagina saginoides (L.), Dalla Torre, " Anleit. Beob. Alpenfl.," 189, 

 1882: vice S. Linnai, Presl, " Fl. Sicil.," 158, and "Index 

 ~Vievf" = Spergida saginoides, L., 1753. 



S. laricina (Light/.). In the "Flora Scotica," 244, 1777, Lightfoot 

 describes the plant commonly known as .S. subulata, Presl., 

 "Fl. Sicil.," 158. (In the "Ind. Kew." a S. subulata, Wimm. 

 " Fl. Schles.," 76, 1841, is also given in Roman letters), 

 using for it the Linnean name Spergula laricina, which, how- 

 ever, is a different species, a Siberian plant not known as 

 British, and the Linnean name is still valid for it as a Spergula, 

 it is therefore a question whether Lightfoot's trivial name is to 

 be adopted under Sagina. Lightfoot saw its relationship with 

 Sagina procumbens. 



Alsine, L. Mr. Hiern, in a paper in the "Journ. Bot.," 317 

 (1899), suggested that the genus named Spergularia in the 

 " Index Kew.," Lepigonum in " Bab. Manual," ed. 8, and Buda 

 in the " Lond. Catalogue," should be put under Alsine, L. 

 (Why should they not be put under Tissa, Adans ?) Follow- 

 ing Hiern the names should be : 



