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Bearing in mind that Alsine (Gaertn., Wahlenberg) is the 

 name that is to-day in ahuost universal use and that it has 

 been so since the time of Wahlenberg, those botanists who 

 accept the principle of a list of nomina conservanda of genera, 

 can offer no legitimate objection against the suggestion now 

 made of placing Alsine (Gaertn., Wahlenberg) on the list in 

 question. It seems to me that this is the only legal method of 

 avoiding the undesirable substitution of the name Minuartia 

 (Hiern) for the established name Alsine (Gaertn., Wahlenberg) : 

 the plan would leave Delia free for those who desire to use it, and 

 seems indeed to be the logical corollary of the conservation of 

 Sjjercjularia. 



The following citations of the British species are given on the 

 assumption that Alsine (Gaertn., Wahlenberg) is regarded as 

 a nomen conservandum. 



Alsine L. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (non ed. 1) emend. Gaertner Fruct. ii. 

 223, t. 129 (1791) ; Wahlenberg Fl. Lapp. 127 (1812) ; Fenzl in 

 Endlicher Gen. PI. 964 (1836-1840) ; Bentham & Hooker Gen. 

 PI. i. 150 (1862) as a section ; Pax in Engler & Prantl Pflanzenfam. 

 iii. lb, 82 (1888) ; Rouy et Foucaud Fl. France iii. 261 (1896) ; 

 non Scopoli nee Hiern nee Schinz & Keller; Minuartia L. Sp. 

 PI. ed. 1, ampl. Hiern in Journ. Bot. xxxvii. 320 (1899). 



1. Alsine steicta Wahlenberg Fl. Lapp. 127 (1812); Spcrgula 

 stricta Swartz in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockholm xx. 235 

 (1799) ; Arenaria uliginosa [Schleicher ex] DC. Fl. Fran9. iv. 786 

 (1805)!; Alsine uliginosa Syme Eng. Bot. ii. 115 (1864); 

 Mimiartia stricta Hiern in Journ. Bot. xxxvii. 320 (1899) ; non 

 Arenaria stricta Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. i. 274 (1803). 



The only British station of this plant known to British 

 botanists is in Upper Teesdale ; but by Rouy & Foucaud {op. cit. 

 p. 266) the plant is also recorded for Ireland. 



2. Alsine verna BartHng in Bartling Sc Wendland Beitr. ii. 

 63 (1825) ; Syme Eng. Bot. ii. 109 (1864) ; Arenaria saxatilis 

 Hudson Fl. Angl. 168 (1762) non L., inch Ar. laricifolia non L. ; 

 Ar. verna L. Mant. PI. i. 72 (1767) ; Ar. liniflora Jacquin Fl. 

 Austr. V. 22, t. 445 (right-hand figure) (1778) ? non L. ; Ar.juni- 

 perina Withering Arr. ed. 3, 424 (1796) non L., incl. Ar. laricifolia 

 non L. ; Al. saxatilis Wahlenberg Veg. Helv. 87 (1813); Minuartia 

 verna Hiern in Journ. Bot. xxxvii. 320 (1899). 



The British forms of this species are very variable ; and some 

 of them have been given names by British botanists. However, 

 I am not able to state whether or not these names have been 

 correctly applied. 



3. Alsine rubella Wahlenberg Fl. Lapp. 128, t. 6 (1812) ; 

 Syme Eng. Bot. ii. Ill (1864) ; Arenaria gieseki Hornemann in 

 Fl. Dan. fasc. xxvi. 5, t. 1518 (1818) ; Ar. hirta [Wormskiold ex] 

 Hornemann o^j. cit. fasc. xxviii. t. 1646 (1823) ; Ar. rubella Smith 

 Eng. Bot. iv. 267 (1824) ; Minuartia rubella Hiern op. cit. 320 

 (1899). 



This is an Arctic species not known to occur in Central Europe. 



