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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



as a synonym in the original description of Ophioglossum circin- 

 natum Burm. f., the species being based primarily on Javan 

 specimens; it has, since Burman's species was proposed, been 

 cited under this name or synonyms of it. The forms described 

 as medium and scriptum are manifestly referable to Lygodium 

 circinnatum Sw. 



LYGODIUM SCAN DENS (Linn.) Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800 2 (1801) 106. 



Ophioglossum scandens Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1063. 



Adianthum volubile III minus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 76, t. 32, f. 2, 3. 



Amboina, Soja road and vicinity of the town of Amboina, Robinson PL 

 Rumph. Amb. ^53, August and October, 1913, in thickets and forests, 

 altitude 30 to 70 meters, locally known as paku kawa. 



The reduction to Ophioglossum scandens Linn, was made 

 originally by Linnaeus in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 26, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 134, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1318, but it is 

 to be noted that Linnaeus quotes "Dryopteris triplex" as the 

 name corresponding to t. 32, under Ophioglossum scandens. 

 The form figured is an excellent representation of Lygodium 

 scandens (Linn.) Sw. Blume has referred it to Lygodium 

 microphyllum R. Br., a synonym of L. scandens Sw. 



OPHIOGLOSSACEAE 



OPHIOGLOSSUM Linnaeus 



OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 27, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 135, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1518 (type!). 

 Scolopendria I major Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 84, t. 37, f. 3. 



Amboina, Soja, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. UUO, August 2, 1913, in 

 forests at an altitude of 400 meters. 



Scolopendria major Rumph. is the whole basis of Ophioglossum 

 pendulum Linn., this reduction having been accepted by all 

 authors, although by some placed in another genus, as Ophio- 

 derma pendula (Linn.) Presl. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM PEDUNCULOSUM Desv. in Berl. Mag. 5 (1811) 306. 

 Ophioglossum simplex Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 152, t. 88, f. 2. 



Not represented in our Amboina collections. Ophioglossum 

 simplex Rumph. was originally reduced by Linnaeus to Ophio- 

 glossum vulgatum Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 28, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 135, which is manifestly a wrong 

 disposition of it. Roxburgh, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. 4 (1844) 

 475, placed it under Ophioglossum cordifolium Roxb., and 



