Cont.

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He also shows S. fischeri and means it. The 2.40 m in height, the 4 cm =
in diameter and the capitate inflorescence preclude it from being S. =
sulcata or "bacularis" as Pfennig called it. The latter is very thin, =
not than 1.00 m tall and has a very short spike-like raceme =
inflorescence. I doubt very much that S. fischeri exists in Somalia.

On the other hand he blatantly disregards S.  aff.arborescens

For S. volkensii, he makes it a synonym of S. intermedia, copying what =
Pfennig said about it, simply because he (Pfennig) found a plant in the =
type locality of volkensii and it looked like (and was) intermedia. Is =
this correct? Len Newton also found a plant in the same type locality =
and his plant looked entirely different from intermedia, in fact it =
looked like volkensii! Yes, the volkensii that we all know, with round =
leaves pointing in all directions! So here is where the "unprofessional" =
knowledge of the collector, if nothing else, would put a doubt in the =
mind of the botanist.

The drawing of S. ehrenbergii looks more like that of S. robusta, which =
grows in Kenya as indicated in the drawing, than that of robusta.=20

He also sunk many of the various plants into one species. A friend of =
mine in Italy told me that the crossed out all the specimens of the =
various varieties of S. forskaoliana  and called applied that name to =
all of them at the herbarium in Florence.=20

In S. phillipsiae, the nominative "phillipsia" indicates the name of a =
woman. It was collected by Mrs.. Lort Phillips not Lort Phillips and he =
indicates.

Cheers,


Juan