Notes

On back of sheet(scrips. Vahl): Ophiorrhiza lanceolata F. On back of sheet: Coll. Forskål Manettia Label1(on back of sheet): This plant has had a very chequered nomemclatural history & I am writing it up in the New Bulletin. The exact detrib will appear in my thesis. D.C.& Wernham both treated it a a syynonym of Mussaende luteola Del. & Wernham erected the genus & name Pseudomussaende lanceolata (Forsk.) Wernham. He was quite wrong since this plant on the sheet is clearly a Pentas & the correct combination is Pentas lanceolata (Forsk.) Deflers. The other plant must now be called Pseudomussaende flava Verdcourt ined. nom. nov. Pentas lanceolata is not at all equal to the cultivated P. carnea Benth. as Schum. is a misidentification since K. Schumann had P. bussei Krause (= P. coccinea Stapf) in mind. B.V. Det. by Bernard Verdcourt 28/12/50 On sheet: Reinserted in the Herb. Forskålii from the General Herbarium at C, and recorded as Addit. No. 1525. Label2: Broken like this when received BV. III/51 Label3: Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers Type Determinavit F.N. Hepper 1983 IDC microfiche foto: Forsskål nr. 74 I, 5-6