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scription by which its identity can be determined, as Burman 
briefly describes only the leaves. 
* ACER JAVANICUS Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 221. “Habitat in Java.” 
Pax makes the same comment for this species as for the pre- 
ceding one. There is nothing in the description by which its 
identity can be even surmised. ‘The leaves only are described. 
*LUDWIGIA (LUDWIGHIA) TRIFOLIA Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 37. 
“Doedoek Javanis.” [That is, type from Java, with the Javanese 
name doedoek.] 
The Javanese name doedoek properly belongs with Lumnitzera 
littorea (Jack) Voigt, but Burman’s description scarcely applies 
to this. I do not recognize the species or the group to which it 
belongs from the short and imperfect description. 
* MYRICA ASPLENIFOLIA Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 211 (err. typ. 311). 
“Habitat in Indiis.” 
This was doubtless intended to represent the Linnean species 
of the same name, published in 1753, as Burman gives the same 
reference to Plukenet as does Linnaeus. The Linnean species 
is Comptonia peregrina (Linn.) Coulter, of North America. It 
would seem that at least the locality cited is an error on the part 
of Burman. 
*RHAMNUS VITIS IDAEA Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 61. “Habitat in 
Zeylona & Java.” 
The reduction of this to Breynia rhamnoides Muell.-Arg. is 
not entirely satisfactory, as the descriptive sentence and most 
of the pre-Linnean references call for spiny branches. The 
figure cited by Burman f., Burman Thes. Zeyl. (1737) 198, ¢. 
88, is, however, an excellent representation of Breynia rham- 
noides (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. It is suspected that the several 
references refer to several different species. _The actual type 
is apparently the Javan specimen for which the local name 
boa massi is given. 
