We have always presumed that the type of Herrania 
albiflora, the type-species of the genus, was preserved in 
the herbarium at Paris. In June 1950, however, I found 
Goudot material at Geneva which may very well be the 
type of Herrania albiflora. 
In Geneva, there are three sheets representing the 
Goudot collection of this species, all labelled, in Goudot’s 
handwriting, ‘‘C. N. 1 Herrania albiflora mihi. Annales 
Sc. nat. 1844. Muzo.’’ One sheet has several very young 
and membranaceous leaves and an envelope in which 
there are fragments of a fruit belonging possibly to an 
annonaceous plant and which, by some error, have been 
associated with the Herrania collection. Another sheet 
has acomplete and mature leaf. he third sheet has three 
envelopes: one contains several seeds of Herrania alli- 
Jlora; another has a few flowers and a very young cap- 
sule; the third has a flower completely dissected with the 
parts glued flat to the envelope. 
An examination of these floral parts and of Goudot’s 
description and drawing of Herrania albiflora lead me to 
the conclusion that, at least for the flowers and fruit, the 
Geneva material is the type of the species and genus. 
How has it been possible for Goudot type material 
to find its way to Geneva? There are, of course, many 
Goudot collections in the Delessert Herbarium (cf. A. 
Laségne: ‘‘Musée Botanique de M. Benjamin Deles- 
sert”’ (1845) 471). 
It may be of interest to note that acomparison of the 
Goudot floral dissection with the description of Herrania 
albiflora has uncovered several minor discrepancies or 
omissions. The sepals, described as glabrous within, have a 
very minute and sparse puberulence on the lower portion 
of the inner surface; and the petals are extremely muri- 
cate-granulose externally, as are also the very short ligules 
in the basal portion near their junction with the petal. 
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