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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
MISCELLAN EOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 2] = Sr [1916 
V.—DECADES KEWENSES 
Praxtarum Novarum IN Herparro Hortm Recit 
CONSERVATARUM. 
DECAS LXXXVII. 
861. Aethionema pseudarmenum, Stapf et Sprague [Cruci- 
ferae-Lepidineae |]; ab A. armeno, Boiss., quocumadhuc confusum 
est, ala siliculae lacerato-dentata distinguitur; ab. A. Diastrophi, 
Bunge, statura minore, siliculis minoribus brevius dentatis differt. 
Caules 8-16 cm. longi, ut rhachis pedicellique acute papillosi. 
Folia lineari-oblonga, obtusiuscula, 0°7—1°4 m. longa, 
15-25 mm. lata, carnosula, marginibus reflexis, Racemi 
1-1-5 cm. longi; pedicelli 2-2-5 mm. longi. Sepala late hyalino- 
marginata, 2°5-2°75 mm. longa, 1-1°4 mm. lata. Petala in toto 
4mm. longa, oblongo-spathulata, subtruncata vel leviter retusa, 
trinervia ; unguis erectus, 2°5 mm. longus; lamina_patula, 
17 mm. longa, rosea, inter nervos albida, nervo medio bifurcato, 
ramis cum nervis lateralibus connexis, rete venularum intra- 
marginali. uniseriali. Stamina breviora arcuato-ascendentia, 
te 15 mm. longis; stamina longiora erecta, filamentis 
Ovarium oblongo-ellipticum, 1 mm. longum, m. latum, 
margine jam s anthesi conspicue dentatum; stylus cum 
stigmate capitato 0:8 mm. longus. ilicula nondum matura 
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Described from a living plant cultivated at Kew under the 
name A. armenum. | 
°. Arenaria roseiflora, Sprague bear opr eseen i affinis 
A. melandryoidi, Edgew., et A. napuligerae, Franch.; ab illa 
caulibus magis ramosis, foliis angustioribus, floribus brevius 
“<7 othe ab hae stylis duobus, ab ambabus floribus majoribus 
ifert. 
— 4297.) Wt. 153—601. 1,125. 3/6. IT.&8. @. 14 
