NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES. VII 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
Elleanthus virgatus ( Reichb.f.) C.Schweinfurth 
comb. nov. 
Sertifera virgata Reichenbach filius in Linnaea 41 
(1876) 64. 
Both from the description and a record of the type of 
Sertifera virgata from the Reichenbachian Herbarium 
at Vienna, it appears certain that this species represents 
atypical Hileanthus. In Sertifera the inflorescences are 
axillary with complanate peduncles, whereas in Ellean- 
thus the inflorescence is always terminal with terete pe- 
duncles. It is difficult to understand how Reichenbach 
could have identified the species as a representative of 
Sertifera. 
Although originally described from Peru ( Warsce- 
wicz), it has subsequently appeared in Colombia, 
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