included these same names under Jonopsis utriculartoides 
as varieties and ascribed them to Lindley. In addition to 
these four varieties he cited var. latifolia Cogn. and var. 
angustifola Cogn. 
Three other varietal names which without doubt be- 
long to this complex are Jonopsis paniculata var. maxima 
L. Lind. & Rodigas in Lindenia 3 (1887) 389, t. 114, J. 
paniculata var. grandiflora Hort. ex Stein Orchideenb. 
(1892) 282 and J. utricularioides var. parviflora Schltr. 
in Fedde Repert. Beihefte 17 (1922) 74. 
These several varietal names, to which reference is 
made in the preceding three paragraphs, are hardly more 
than horticultural forms and have little scientific value. 
A few comments concerning some of the specific 
synonyms of Jonopsis utricularioides follow : 
Tonopsis pulchella—my knowledge of this name is 
based on the plate cited. There can be little doubt but 
that it belongs to this complex species. 
Tonopsis pallidiflora—my knowledge of this name is 
based on Hooker’s plate cited above under Tantha palla- 
iflora. The only difference worthy of note is in the tip of 
the spur which is slightly retuse. This character is hardly 
of specific value. 
Tonopsis tenera—the plate cited above leaves little 
doubt regarding the affinity of the plant bearing this 
name. 
Tonopsis paniculata—this is the most luxuriant form 
of I. utricularioides. \t is apparently not uncommon in 
South America and occasional in the Caribbean region. 
H.G. Reichenbach thought it doubtful whether J. panic- 
ulata could be kept distinct from J. wtricularioides (cf. 
Walp. Ann. 6 (1868) 686). 
Tonopsis utricularioides is one of the most widely dis- 
tributed of the tropical American species of orchids. It 
occurs from Florida and the Caribbean region to Mexico 
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