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Ophiorrhiza lanceolata. Ell. Sk. 1: 238. 
ao ophiorrhtzotdes A. Rich. Mem. a Hit Nat. Paris 
: 63, 4.3. 1823. pro parte. 
ee SwartzizZ G. Don Gen. Syst. 4: ae 1831-37. 
Anonymos petiolata Walt. Car. 108. 1788. 
(Afitreola inconspicua Zoll. et Mor. Verz. Pl. Jav. 55, fide Ben- 
tham in Journ. Lin. Soc. I: 91.) 
Serra de Jacobs, Prov. Bahia, Brasilia (Blanchet no. 2548), in 
Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. Specimen sine fruct. quoad variet. 
indeterminandum. 
There are two extreme forms of that plant. The one is called 
AL. paniculata Wall. ex DC. Prod. (=Jf. petzolata Torr. and 
Gray) with capsule lobes curved towards each other, so that the 
whole fruit looks nearly spherical. The other is called AZ. olden- 
landioides Wall. ex DC. loc. czt., with spreading capsule lobes. 
That is why de Candolle separates those two plants. 
But there are all links between, and in regard to many specimens 
it is impossible to determine to which species they may best be 
referred. That is particularly the case in connection with the 
specimen of the Linnaean herbarium which has capsule lobes exactly 
intermediate between the types of paxiculata and oldenlandioides 
Wall.ex DC. Therefore I have thought it best to unite the whole 
lot into one species, divided into two or better in three varieties, 
the first with curved lobes, the second with straight lobes, and the 
third with lobes of an intermediate form 
In regard to the names of the varieties, a strict adherence to rules 
would require that the oldest name for each should be sought and 
applied, but this is not practical on account of the present confu- 
sion in this connection. In order to give an idea of it, we shall 
endeavor to show what happened to Progel, the author of LoGani- 
ACEAE in Mart. Fl. Brasil, 6': 266 
1. Under the name and synonymy of 1/. Zetitolata Torr. and 
Gr. he describes and figures (2. 82, f. 7) wrongly the plant with 
Spreading capsule-lobes and, as an instance of that, he quotes 
Gardner no. 3897, which has curved lobes! 
2. Under the name of J. paniculata Wall., which he wrongly 
considers as distinct from petzolata Wall., he correctly describes and 
figures (¢. 77) the species with curved lobes; but he quotes, as 
a synonym iV. oldenlandiotdes which has straight capsule-lobes. 
In regard to the older authors like Walther, Don, and Richard, it 
