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AND LINNJEUS'S ‘ FLORA ZEYLANICA.’ 133 
sible of what had been previously published of the plants of the 
“ East Indies” generally ; and he has not unfrequently given 
under the Ceylon species synonyms and references which belong 
to quite different Indian or Javan plants. In most, though not 
all, of these cases I think it must be allowed that the Hermannian 
specimens should determine what was the plant intended by Lin- 
neus rather than his book references. 
In the following list of determinations the first column gives 
the consecutive numbers of the species in the ‘ Flora Zeylanica,’ 
and each number is immediately followed by the name given to it 
by Linneus in his ‘Species Plantarum’ (1st edition), or in his 
subsequent systematic works. The second column contains my 
determinations of the type specimen or specimens representing the 
Species in Hermann’s herbarium*. When the word (drawing) is 
appended, it signifies that there is a drawing only to represent 
the species and no dried specimen. The words no specimen mean 
that there is neither dried specimen nor drawing. 
1. Canna indica, Sp. l ........ C. indica, L. . 
2. Amomum Zerumbet, Sp. 1 .. Zingiber Zerumbet, Rosc. (drawing). 
3. Amomum Zingiber, Sp. 1....  Zingiber officinale, Rosc. 
4. Amomum Cardamom, Sp. 1.. No specimen. . 
5. Costus arabicus, Sp. 2 ...... Alpinia Galanga, Sw. (drawing). 
The plant figured is evidently the “ Kaluwala” of the Singha- 
lese, much cultivated for its aromatic rhizomes. These are known 
in the drug market of London as Galaugal or Greater Galangal 
roots. 
6. Curcuma rotunda, Sp. 2...... No specimen. 
7. Curcuma longa, Sp. 2 ...... C. longa, L. . 
8. Kaempferia Galanga, Sp. 2 .. K. Galanga, L.( drawing). 
9. Kaempferia rotunda, Sp. 2.... K. rotunda, L. (drawing). 
10. Boerhaavia diffusa, Sp. 3 .... B. diffusa (drawing). 
11. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Sp. 6. No specimen. 
12. Nyctanthes Sambac, Sp.6.... Jasminum Sambac, Ait. 
13. Jasminum azoricum, Sp.7.... No specimen. Vahl 
14. Chionanthus zeylanica, Sp. 6.. Linociera purpurea, Fat. J Aad 
15. Eranthemum capense, Sp. 9.. Dædalacanthus montanus, J. And. 
In spite of Linnæus’s specific name, this is not a South-African 
plant. He confuses it with another plant of Hermann’s, and 
gives the habitat as “ in Æthiopia.” 
* The names employed are usually those of the ‘ Flora of Brit. India’ or of 
wy ‘ Systematic Catalogue of the Plants of Ceylon’ (1885). 
