ALSINE IN THE BRITISH FLORA. 819 
Rael —Types of Arenaria foliis linearibus, ae internodi- 
“i ts Hort. Cliff. 173 (1787) ; Pe bee FL Virg. 161 (17438), as 
onda in L. Sp. Pl. ed.1, /.c., are ein the National Herbarium ; none of 
Arenaria media, l.c.; both authors cite a synonym which belongs to 
Spergula pentandra L. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 440; Linneus’s description of 
his Arenaria media, l.c. and some of his synonymy certainly include 
the next species. A somewhat similar remark applies to caer thay 
rubra B marina L.; for the synonym, Spergula marina nostras Ray, 
Hist. 1034 (1688), belongs to Alsine marina Wahlenb.; Ray riabed 
it among his Alsin 
1721 Batiniol “Dale collected at Ramsgate both these species 
eipethae and he noted their differences; the specimens with his 
tickets are preserved in the National Herbarium; one of his speci- 
mens he called Sper ear marina Buxb., and he added, are bee and 
Buxbaum would have this the per gula marina nostras J. 
ning Dr. Dillenius dissenta” ; the other he called by the lattae 
name, and he added the following note :—‘‘ The seeds are brown 
and fat with a white rim as Magnol writes the Monspelier plant 
had. Altho’ J. Bauhine doth not describe t 
had, yet finding it there and the figure so well resembling this 
onclude it the same. T on mentions in 
purry t of the sea Spurry therefore Magnol’s cauti eed- 
less.” This plant of Morison which Dale separated was the foundation 
of agg ~ rst and is Spergula arvensis 
Dale sion to Magnol’s caution probably referred to Magnol, 
Bot. Meninek: 14 (1676), where, after noting the similarity between 
the winged seeds of the sea spurry and Morison’s account of the seeds 
of his plant, Magnol concluded his a wi ith the words ‘‘ unde 
cavendum ne multiplicentur Spergule species. 
By limiting merge: é name so as to Maid for Lepigonum medium 
Fries, the giving of a new name under Alsine is avoided. Alsine 
media L. is Stellaria hake vill. (1789). 
4, Ausine marina Wahlenb. FI. poe 281, n. 505 (1826); non 
ee. (1832). 
Arenaria rubra 8 marina L. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 4283 (1758), pro parte. 
oi media Li. Sp. Pl. fg 2, 606 (1762), excl. syn., pro parte. 
ne media Cans: Instit. ii. 407, n. 19 (1766), excl. syn., pro 
ngs 
A. rubra var. 8, Crantz, l.c., n. 18, pro 
Arenaria marina var. 8, Sm. FI. Brit. ii. m0. (1800); Engl. Bot. 
t. 958 (1801). 
A. marginata Lam. & DC. Fl. Fr. iv. 798 ig DC. Ic. Pl. 
Gall. Rar. i. 15, t. 48 (1808) : non Schlecht. (1813). 
Lepigonum gcc a Fl. Gothob. 47 (1820). 
Buda media Dumort. Fl. Belg. 110, n, 1424 (1827); F. J. Hanb. 
Lond. Cat. ed. 9, 12, te 263. 
