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bacca nigra in calyce stelliformiter expanso of Ray. To this he 

 joins a plant of Sloane, which in all probability is quite different ; 

 and also the Periclymeni similis, Myrtifolia arbor Maderaspatana 

 of Plukenet (Phijt. t. 211. /. 4. Aim. SST-)? which is no doubt 

 of the same genus, but is a variety of the Volkameria inermis of 

 Willdenow {Sp. PL iii. 383.). 



, Linnseus in the Flora Zeylanica (231.) separated this plant of 

 Plukenet, and united (232.) the Pinnakola sive infelioc et infortu- 

 nata of Hermann and the Peragu of Rheede with its name in 

 Ray, to the Clerodendr on folio lato et acuminato of Burman, which, 

 according to Burman, is the Planta fortunata Pinna Zeylonensi- 

 bus of Hermann ; so that Burman and Linnaeus are here in direct 

 opposition. 



In the Species Plantarum, as copied by the younger Burman 

 (F/. Ind. 137.), Linnaeus gives the Peragu the name of Clero- 

 dendrum infortunatum, omitting to quote Hermann, but quoting 

 the elder Burman, as was done in the Flora Zeylanica. Here 

 the difference between the elder Burman on the one side, and the 

 younger Burman and Linnaeus on the other, is in fact continued, 

 and one side is thus clearly in error. If the Pinna of Hermann 

 has lanceolate leaves, it cannot be the plant for which it is 

 quoted by the elder Burman ; if it has cordate leaves, it cannot 

 be the Clerodendrum fortunatum. This, however, can only be 

 determined by an inspection of the Herbal collected by Her- 

 mann : nor might this even be decisive, as Linnaeus complains in 

 the dedication of the Flora Zeylanica, that Hermann's collection, 

 after having been in the hands of the elder Burman " per 50 

 annos fuerat suppressus, indignorum manibus versatus, et in 

 barbarorum hominum scriniis sepultus," before he had access to 

 describe it; and during this period several transpositio..s of 

 names and specimens are likely to have taken place. That 

 serious injury was done, the language of Linnaeus implies. In 



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