416 ROBINSON, 
had previously been published by other authors; occasionally, 
his identification is considered wrong. Thus Cyperus procerus 
Roxb. is distributed by Clarke* between Cyperus malaccensis 
Lam., Pycreus puncticulatits Nees, and (herbarium only) Cyperus 
tuberosus Rottb. But if Cyperus procerus Roxb, be considered ^ 
as described in the Hortus Bengalensis, it is by the citation of 
Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus 12: pi 50, which according to 
Clarke would identify it with C. malaccensis Lam, However, 
there is an older C procerus.^ 
Returning to the ninety-one names published in the Hortus 
Bengalensis, investigation shows that the priority of singularly 
few is changed by the throwing back of the date of publication. 
On the other hand, the new means of typifying them raises or 
solves many intricate problems. These will briefly be stated. 
The following remain unchanged as good species ; Oldenlandia 
diffusa, Brucea sumatrana, Dracaena angustifolia, Garuga pin- 
nata, Bergia ammannioides, StercuUa guttata, Ficus Tsiela, 
Sapium sebife7iim, and Calamus latifolius. Moriuda hracteata 
is also unaffected, but there is ffrave doubt as to its value as a 
species. But Ficu^ racemifer a\oxh. replaces F, variegata Bl, 
Metrosideros vera and Gmelina arborea are to be credited to 
Roxburgh, instead of to Lindley and Linnaeus, respectively, v 
Half of the names have no importance except as synonyms, 
except that a few, with unaltered status, form the basis for 
generally accepted binomials. The synonyms are : Gratiola 
amara, Plndera virgata, Pladera pusilla, Scaevola Taccada, 
Cordia campanulata, Vitis latifolia, Heliconia buccinata, Achy- 
ranthes triandra, Asclepias pseudosarsa, Asclepias odoratissima, 
Panax conchifolium, Crinum Toxicarum, Curculigo sumatrana. 
Yucca superba, Leersia aristata. Polygonum rivulare, Caesalpinia 
panicuMa, Jussiaea exaltata, Diospyros Sapota, Calophyllum 
Bintagor, Ajuga disticha, Ajuga fruticosa, Plectranthus strobili- 
ferus, Ruellia zeylanica, Volkameria infortunata, Columnea 
balsamica, Modecca tuberosa, Hibiscus tortuosus, Carpopogon 
giganteum, Dolichos virosus, Aeschynomene spinulosa, Hedy- 
sarum Neli-tali, Melaleuca Cajuputi, Serratula anthelmentica, 
Serratula cinerea, Arum viviparium. Arum gracile, Urtica ten- 
acissima, Saguerus Rumphii, Phyllanthus Leucopyrus, Bradleia 
multilocularis, Bradleia pinnata, Ophioglossum filiforme. Poly- 
podium excavatum, Pteris scandens, and Eranthemum montanum. 
The remaining thirty-two cases all require comment, some of 
•Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 608, 593, 616, 
* Rottb. Descr. Nov. PI. (1773). 
