Do we, Fitzalan names 
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parts in the MEL specimen are significantly 
longer and therefore exclude that species. 
Considering this, the specimen can serve as 
a type for the name E. fitzalanii W.Hill, but 
with the taxon made synonymous with E. 
variegata L. The description provided in the 
newspaper article is adequate to identify the 
plant to E. variegata , with gregarious scarlet 
flowers, habit to about 3-6 m in height, bark 
whitish and leaves deciduous. An addition to 
the synonymy of E. variegata as presented by 
Bean (2008) is thus: 
Erythrina fitzalanii W.Hill, The Moreton 
Bay Courier [Vol 15, No. 936] 27 Oct. 1860: 
2. Type: Queensland. South Kennedy. 
Cumberland Islands [Long Island], 1860, 
Fitzalan s.n. (lectotype: MEL 2113384 [here 
designated]). 
Dendrobium luridum 
The second overlooked name was also 
introduced in the same article in The Moreton 
Bay Courier. “Two beautiful plants of the 
Dendrobium luridum, and its variety, with 
yellow flowers, were also collected on the 
islands ” (Hill 1860a). This was later spelt 
as Dendrobium laridum, in a re-issue of the 
article in another newspaper (Hill 1860c). 
A search of both MELISR and the Mueller 
Correspondence files at RBG Melbourne 
failed to locate any specimens or references 
that relate to this name (A.Vaughan and 
S.Maroske, pers. comm). As there are 
contraventions of Articles in the ICBN 
[Melbourne Code] (McNeill et al. 2012), i.e. 
Article 9 (identity ambiguous); and Article 36 
(when it is merely proposed in anticipation of 
the future acceptance of the taxon concerned), 
this name is to be rejected. The identity of this 
species is otherwise not able to be determined: 
one possibility is that it relates to Dendrobium 
discolor Lindl., but this cannot be established 
because of the lack of description and the 
absence of extant specimens. 
Dendrobium fitzalani 
The third overlooked name was introduced 
in Hill’s Catalogue of the plants in the 
Queensland Botanic Gardens , as verbatim: 
“Dendrobium fitzalani F.M... .Dendron, trees; 
bio, to live; growing upay, Epi... .Queensland” 
(Hill 1875). As the name was appended with 
the authorship of F.M. [i.e. F. Muell.], searches 
were conducted of Mueller’s Correspondence 
at RBG Melbourne to locate any reference in 
communications between Hill and Mueller, as 
well as the MELISR database (A.Vaughan and 
S.Maroske, pers. comm), and no such name 
was located. As there are contraventions 
of Articles in the ICBN [Melbourne Code] 
(McNeill et al. 2012), i.e. Article 9 (identity 
ambiguous); and Article 36 (when it is 
merely proposed in anticipation of the future 
acceptance of the taxon concerned), this name 
is to be rejected. 
Acknowledgements 
Nimal Karunajeewa and Alison Vaughan of 
the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) 
are thanked for assisting with access to 
MELISR and for the image of the Fitzalan 
specimen in MEL. Sara Maroske is thanked 
for undertaking searches of the Mueller 
Correspondence archives at MEL and Charles 
Nelson is thanked for comments on the 
original draft. 
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