320 ALSINE IN THE BRITISH FLORA. 
{isine marginata Reichenb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 556, n. 8662 
1771 
seeane marginata Kittel, Tauschenb. ed. 2, 1008 (1844) ; 
Syme, Engl. Bot. ed. 8, ii. 181, t. 257 (1863). 
. marina Lebel in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xiv. 41 (1868). 
Plantarum Bentham & Hooker reduced them all to Arenaria L. 
(1753), but modern authorities on Caryophyllacee agree in keeping 
them distinct from the latter genus on account of their capsules 
opening by only as many va or cs or teeth as they have styles. 
ong the generic names available for the purpose is Minuartia 
Loefl. (1758), the typical species of which is nearly related to the 
groups containing our plants; one of the latter, a species which was 
long ago reported from Scotland, though it perha 3 does not now 
grow there, has already received a name under fae: arranged 
under this genus, our species will stand as follows 
MINvARTIA STRICTA 
Spergula stricta hr: in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. xx. 229 
tvenarl ia uliginosa Schleic h. ex ‘Lam. & DC . Fi. Fr. iv. i” 
A. spate Renheu Let. 209, f, 4985 ‘as 41). 
Alsine a De Syme, Engl. Bot. ed. 3, ii. 115, t. 244 (18638) ; 
non Vill. (1779). 
2. MinuarTIA VERNA 
renaria verna Li. Mant. Pl. i. 72 (1767) ; Sm. Engl. Hes viii. 
se (1 Nov. 1798); F. J. Hanb. Lond. Cat. ed. 9, 12, n. 238 
Aisine verna Wahlenb. Fl. Lappon. 129 (1812); Syme, Engl. 
Bot. ed. 8, ii. 109, t. 241 (1868). 
ar. 3 Greeti (F. J. Hanb. /.c. n. 238 6). 
peroirgtss liniflora Jacq. Fl. Austr. v. 22, t. 445 (1778); non L. 
A. Gerardi Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 729 (1799 
Alsine Gerardi Wahlenb. Fl. Carpat. 133 (1814 
Samar Gerardi Reichenb. Fl. Germ. Exeurs. 788, n. 4928 
(1832 
. Minvarria RUB 
Alsine rubella W ies Fi. ral 1. 198, t. 6 (1812); Syme, 
Engl. Bot. ed. 8, ii. 111, t. 242 (1863 
Arenaria cherlerifoli ia G. Don, Cat. pL Forfar Gard. 9 (1818). 
