After reading Doug Yanega's list of odd eponyms in zoology, I regret that I have fought the urge for so long to name the next new species of Lobelia, "Lobelia sackville-bagginsae" (with apologies to Tolkien). Thomas G. Lammers Department of Botany Field Museum of Natural History Chicago IL 60605-2496 USA lammers at fmnh.org