Don't take me too serious.....

[Paul Christian]

Wilbert,

I was going to reply fully but it got rude ;-)

Some of us out here agree with you, so I am standing up and saying so.

Please keep the key under wraps, I will pay pounds, dollars or Guilders -=but
keep your Euros we dont want them 

Cheers

At 15:40 12/03/99 +0100, you wrote: 
>
> O.k., I see that some people are upset with my less than serious babble
about
> the FoC key. Believe me, the key isn't anything to be happy with as it is.
> For one thing, the whole bockii-sazensoo-engleri stuff originates from=that
> key, because it doesn't recognise Ar. engleri, nor does it mention the=name
> anywhere in the synonymy, nor in any of the near-100 descriptions of
> Arisaemas in the manuscript. I think throwing such a key into our eminent
> circle, wouyld cause confusion instead of clarity. For one thing, you=should
> see the mess surrounding the elephas-handelii alliance......... Not to
> mention all the "species" filling the "gap" between Ar. fargesii and Ar.
> franchetianum. Oh, and then there is Ar.
> consanguineum-ciliatum-erubescens........ 
> =A0
> Tormented greetings,
> Wilbert
> =A0
> p.s. if you want the key, pay me 200 Euros (don't know how many menhirs=that
> is, or dollars or whatever). 




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