SYSTEMATIC ENUMERATION 



THALLOPHYTA 



Rumphius described a small number of thallophytes, and 

 fortunately but few of the forms he described and figured 

 have been made the types of species under the binomial system. 

 The algae are represented by some of the more prominent forms, 

 such as Sargassum, Turbinaria, and a few of the Rhodophyceae, 

 but, in all, Rumphius characterized and named only about a dozen 

 species of this group; none of these have been made the types 

 of species under the binomial system. Of the fungi more num- 

 erous forms were described and figured, about twenty-five being 

 characterized. Some of these are wholly unrecognizable from 

 the descriptions alone, while the identity of others is perfectly 

 evident. About ten of the forms Rumphius described have been 

 made the types of species under the binomial system, most of 

 these binomials typified by Rumphius's figures and descriptions 

 being proposed by Fries. In the lichens but two forms were 

 described; both are apparently referable to Usnea. 



In the Bryophyta not a single species was described, unless 

 some of the pendant epiphytic mosses and hepatics were in- 

 cluded in the rather generalized description of Muscus capillaris 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 89, t UO, f. 2; the figure, and the descrip- 

 tion at least for the most part, refers to Usnea rather than to 

 any of the bryophytes. 



ALGAE * 



CHLOROPHYCEAE 



CHAETOMORPHA Kiitzing 



CHAETOMORPHA JAVANICA Kiitz. 



Capillus nympharum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 90, 179. 



Rumphius's description applies to Chaetomorpha, but the form 

 he had might be either C. javanica Kiitz. or the allied C. 

 brachygona Harv. (Ayer putri, Rel. Robins. 2393, locally known 

 as lumu-lumu) , which Doctor Robinson states is "not unlikely 

 Capillus nympharum:' Martens states that it is an "Algen aus 



* In the following consideration of the algae described by Rumphius, the 

 reductions in general follow G. von Martens in Die Preussische Expedition 

 nach Ost-Asien. Botanische Theil. Die Tange (1866-68) 1-152, t. 1-8. I 

 am indebted to Mr. F. SI Collins, of North Eastham, Massachusetts, for 

 copies of passages in Martens's work pertaining to the Herbarium Amboin- 

 ense and for identifying the Amboina algae collected by Doctor Robinson. 



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