1919] Fernald,— Alsinopsis 11 
under the subgenus Ewalsine and should therefore be a fairly typical 
member of the genus. Somerauera Hoppe, Flora, ii. 26 (1819) with 
the single species S. quadrifaria is identified by all modern European 
botanists as Arenaria octandra! or Alsine octandra (Sieb.) Kern. while 
Siebera of the same author, |. ¢. 24 (1819) with a single species S. 
cherlerioides is likewise considered inseparable from Arenaria octandra. 
Sabulina Reichenb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 785 (1832) contained 25 species, 
the first one, S. tenuifolia, based upon the same Arenaria tenuifolia 
L. which was the sole type of Ehrhart’s Leptophyllum. Some other 
species were S. verna, based upon Arenaria verna L., one of the original 
species in Wahlenberg’s genus Alsine and the plant now renamed 
Alsinopsis verna (L.) Cockerell, Am. Nat. xl. 864 (1906); S. laricifolia, 
based on the Linnean Arenaria laricifolia, one of the species which later 
formed the basis of the genus Wierzbickia Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v. 
30 (1841), and which now appears as Alsinopsis laricifolia (L.) Heller, 
Muhlenbergia viii. 96 (1912); S. stricta, based upon Spergula stricta 
Swartz, which was the first species of Wahlenberg’s Alsine, the type 
of Small’s genus Alsinopsis, and S. biflora, based upon Stellaria biflora 
L., which was the basis of Alsine biflora (L.) Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. 128 
(1812) and therefore one of the types of Alsinopsis Small, which 
afterward appeared as a type of the genus Alsinanthe Reichenb. Ic. 
Fl. Germ. vy. 29 (1841) and which is identical with Arenaria sajanensis 
Willd., which has now taken on another alias, Alsinopsis sajanensis 
(Willd.) Cockerell, Am. Nat. xl. 864 (1906). Reichenbach had still 
more generic names for members of the genus Alsine Wahlenb., not L. 
For instance Tryphane, Reichenb. 1. c. 28 (1841), which included 
T. verna, based on Arenaria verna, which had already been one of the 
original species of Alsine Wahlenb., and which, as above pointed out, 
has been rechristened Alsinopsis verna by Cockerell; or Facchinia 
Reichenb. 1. c, 29 (1841), based on Arenaria lanceolata All., which is 
the Alsine rupestris (Seop.) Fenzl; or Newmayera Reichenb. 1. ¢. 30 
(1841) with the two species N. austriaca and N. Villarsii, which are 
Ar. austriaca Jacq. or Alsine austriaca (Jacq.) Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. 
129 (1812) and therefore belonging with Alsinopsis Small; and Ar. 
Villarsii Balbis or Alsine Villarsii (Balbis) Mert. & Koch. 
As if Reichenbach had not already provided enough generic names 
for Alsine Wahlenb. not L., Gay in 1845 published the genus Greniera 
? ARENARIA octandra (Sicb.), n. comb. Cherleria octandra Sieb. Fl. Austr. ——" 149 (1813) 
Alsine octandra (Sieb.) Kern. Sched. Flor. Exs. Austro-Hung. ii. n. 564 (1882). 
