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SYNONYMA 



Quaternella Elirh. Beitr. z. Naturk. IV. p. 149 (1789). 

 Dœrriena Borkh. in Rhein. Mag. I, p. o28 (1793). 

 Alsùiella Mœnch Meth. pi. Marb., p. 222 (1794). 



Pentaple Reichb. Repert. Herb., p. 205, n. 7801 ; et le. fl. Germ. Helv. V, 

 t. 37, f. 227(1841). 



HOMONYMA 



Mœncliia Roth, Tent. Fi. Germ. I, p. 273 (1788) = Alyssum (Criicifloraceœ). 



Mœnchia Medik. in Act. Acad.Tlieod. Palat. VI. Phys., p. 343 (1790) = AUium 

 (Liliaceœ). 



Mœnchia Neck. Elem. Bot. II, p. 166 (1790) = Cvxuhalus (Çayyophyllaceœ), 



Mœnchia Wender, ex Steud. Noraencl. Bot., éd. 2, II, p. 133 (1841) = Pas- 

 patiim (Graminaceœ) . 



The genus Mœnchia was founded by Ehrhart in honor of Conrad Mönch, 

 a Professor at Marburg, and aiithor of a Flora of Lower Hesse, upon the 

 Sagina [erecta of Linnseus, which be named Mœnchia quaternella. It is 

 a small genus nalurally separable from Cerastium, though by some 

 authors uniled wilh it. hi a critical note on the species Willkomm says, 

 « M. octandra jam habita a veris Cerastiis distinctissima, cum M. erecta 

 et M. Mantica genus bonum naturale conslituit ». 



SPECIES AND VARIETIES ADMITTED 



1. Mœnchia quaternella Ehrh. 



f. normalis. 

 f. macrior. 

 f. nana. 



2. Mœnchia octandra Perreym. 



3. Mœnchia Mantica Barth. 



f. violascens. 

 var, ß. bulgarica Velen. 

 var. y. grœca. 

 var. 0. Serbie a. 



SPECIES EXCLUDED 



Mœnchia cœrulea Boiss. Diaga. PL nov. or., ser. 1, VIII, p. 104 (1849) = Mala- 

 chium cœruleum Jaub. et Spach, lUustr. Plant, or. III, p. 41 (1847-49)'. 



^ I hâve examined Boissier'.^ original spécimens, in which the position of the 



