9 66 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"Sept. 20th" (introd. letter, see also Spreng.), Rumphius in Amboyna meeting with (some plants 

 observed on Ceylon intermingled) 'Amomum echinaluin vi. pi. 61. I, A. villosiun vi. 61. 2, Kaemp- 

 feria pandurata v. 69, Maranta tonchat iv. 7, Alpiuia Afalacceusis v. 71. 1, Curanga amara v. 170, 

 Dicliptera bivalvis vi. 22, Piper diffusiun v. 119, P. subpeltatum vi. 59, Fimbristylis polytrichoides 

 vi. 7. 1, Oplismenus polystachyus vi. 7. 2, Anthistiria argue ns vi. 6. 1, Andropogon caricosus vii. 2, 

 Cz'«?« crcnata v. 166. 2, Hedyotis cratacogmum vi. 10, Pothos pinnata v. 183. 2, Tournefortia argentea 

 iv. 55, Convolvulus pcltatits v. 157, C. /;/AV«j- v. 158, iXaucka purpurea iii. 55, Flindersia radulifera 

 iii. 129, Erithalis timon iii. 140, I'cntilago Maderaspatana v. 2, Pittosporum Moluccanum vii. 7, 

 Aegiceras majus iii. 77, .-I. ot/««j- iii. S2, Desmochaeta muricata v. 83. 2, Achyranthes sanguinolenta 

 vii. 27. 2, Damnacantluts Gaertneri vii. 19, Dischidia nummularia v. 176. 1, Apocyuum reticulatum 

 v. 40, Panax fruticosum iv. 33, ,!/«5<? tioglodytarum v. 61. Commersonia echinata iii. 119, Crinum 

 nervosum vii. 60. I, Dianella ensifolia v. 73, Corypha rotuudifolia i. S, Licuala spinosa i. 9, Calamus 

 verus v. 54, C. equestris v. 56, Bambusa vcrticillata iv. 1, Sophora heptaphylla iv. 22, Guilandina 

 microphvlla v. 49. 2, Cynoinetra caulijlora i. 64, Adenanthera falcata iii. Ill, Melastoma asperum 

 iv. 43, Garciuia {Oxvcai pus) Celebica i. 44, CJ. cornea ii. 30, Pemphis acidula iii. 84, Psidium pumilum 

 i. 49, Eugenia cymosa i 4, i?. Javanica i. 38. 2, Rubus parvifolius v. 47. I, Eleocarpus integrifolius 

 iii. 102, Coleus Amboinensis v. 72, Dillcnia elliptica ii. 45, Z). serrata ii. 46, Unona ligularis ii. 66. 2, 

 Hfentha auricularia vi. 16, Ocymum tenuiflorum v. 92. 2, 0. sculellarioides v. 101, Ruellia repanda 

 vi. 13, Dilivaria ebracteata vi. 71. 1, k?z'(& /«>/« iv. 10, Erythrina pie/a ii. 77, Dolichos lignosus v, 

 136, Litsaea glabraria iii. 44, Bidens Chincusis vi. 14. 2, Conyza pubigera, prolifera, and Chinensis 

 v. 103. 2 to vi. 14. 2, Orchis Susannae v. 99. 2, Cymbidium teniiifolium vi. 49. I, Epidendrum scrip- 

 tum vi. 42, £\ amabile vi. 43, Dendrobhun trmnenaiitm vi. 47. 2, Cmjt agrestis vi. 91. I, Scleria ies- 

 selata vi. 6. 2, Hernandia ovigera iii. 123, Begonia tuberosa v. 69. 2, Qucrcus Moluccana iii. 56, ^^a- 

 /y/Afl betulina iv. 37, J. mappa iii. 108, Croton aromaticum iii. 127, Exocarpus'Ceramicus vii. 12, 

 Areca spicata, glandiform is, and globulifera i. 5 to 6, Plukenctia cornkulata i. 79, Monnvdica trifo- 

 liata v. 152. 2, Pandanus liumilis iv. 76, Trophis spinosa v. 15. 2, Canarium minimum, balsami- 

 ferum, svlvestre, and hirsutum ii. 49 to 54, Dioscorea nummularia v. 162, Stratiotes acoroides vi. 

 75. 2, Mvristica microcarpa ii. 7. 8. 9, J/, salicifolia ii. 6, Xepcnihcs phyllamphora v. 59. 2, Cheilan- 

 thes lenuifolia vi. 34. 2, Acrostichum auritum vi. 35. I, Pteris thaliitroides vi. 74. I. Botrychium 

 Zevlanicum vi. 68. 3, Opliioglossum pendulum vi. 37. 3, and Lcucas Zeylanica.* — He became blind 

 in the ''following year, the forty-third" of his age. but continued his observations, completed his 

 Herbarium amboinens. " in 1690," died "in 1706," and the work was published by Burmann in seven 

 volumes "in 1741-51." 



Oxalis (Biopliytum) saisitiva of Tropical Eastern Asia. Described by Rumphius v. pk 104: — 

 and frequent in many places in the Philippines, supposed to induce sleep to an invalid if placed under 

 the pillow, and called in Tagalo " macahiya " or " damonghiya," in Ylocano " mahihiin " (Clain, and 

 Blanco). Westward, enumerated by Mason as indigenous in Burmah ; observed in Hindustan by 

 Rheede ix. pk 19, Wight, and by Graham "a small annual, almost stemless plant, common on pas- 

 ture grounds during the rains." Farther West, perhaps aboriginally introduced into Equatorial 

 Africa; but clearly by European colonists carried to the Mauritius Islands and the West Indies 

 (Boj., J. D. Hook., Benth., and A. Dec). 



Spilanthus acmella of the Mauritius Islands. A yellow-flowered Composite herb, called in 

 Tagalo "hagonoi," in Bisaya "agonoi,"in Pampango " palunai " (Blanco), in Burmah " hen-ka-la" 



and specimens were sent by John Winthrop the younger from Connecticut : — Q. ilicifolia is termed 

 " q. nigra pumila" by Marshall (Steud ) ; was observed by Pursh in Virginia; by myself, in barren 

 gravelly soil from 45° to 40 along the Atlantic ; was received by Muhlenberg from Georgia, the 

 upper district according to F. A. Michaux, Elliot, and Chapman; and according to A. Gray, grows 

 in West Virginia and Ohio. 



* Caca/ia {Emilia) soncliifolia of Tropical Eastern Asia. Observed in Amboyna by Rumphius 

 v. pi. 103 : — farther North, by Blanco in the Philippines, in waste ground and the beds of streams, 

 used by the natives medicinally as refrigerant, and called in Tagalo "tagolinao," in Pampango 

 '■ tagulinao," and in Bisaya "libun;" known to grow also in China (Lindk). Westward, observed 

 by Rheede x. pi. 68, Roxburgh, and Wight, in Hindustan; by Graham, in "waste places " flowering 

 "in the cold weather;" and by myself, a weed around one of the villages on the Deccan. By Euro- 

 pean colonists, carried to the Mauritius Islands (Lindl); and as transported to Europe, described by 

 Plukenet aim. pi. 144. 



Ipomaea mammosa of the Moluccas. Termed "batata mammosa " by Rumphius ix. 131 as observed 

 on Amboyna wild as well as cultivated for its esculent root : — observed also by Loureiro in Anam, 

 where its root is much esteemed (A Dec). 



