Feedback request: Stellaria palustris (K000773241)

[Mike d'Apice]

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Specimen #336893

Taxon:	Caryophyllaceae: Stellaria palustris Ehrh. ex Hoffm. ("Marsh Stitchwort")
Filed in taxon folder:	Caryophyllaceae: Stellaria palustris Ehrh. ex Hoffm. ("Marsh Stitchwort")
Collection date:	6/1825
Locality:	Great Britain, VC83 Midlothian, Duddingston Loch, NT27
ex herb:	George Lloyd
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K000773241
Image: © Kew
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

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Documented by mikedaps on 20^th May 2012.

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mikedaps wrote

Any idea what the "Decand Foighy" (?) might signify nd anyone recognise the collector?

[Chris Liffen]

decand = Decandria ??

[Tom Humphrey]

Decandria Trigynia - the Linnean class and order in terms of the number of flower parts: 10 stamens and 3 pistils

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7IwDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Decandria&pg=PA160#v=onepage&q=Decandria&f=false

[Mike d'Apice]

My tutor back at Aber would not be impressed by his former student! Thanks Mike d'A