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car and manifestly very closely allied to Cycas rumphii Miq. 

 Hamilton, Mem. Wern. Soc. 5 (1826) 322, refers Olus calappoides 

 Rumph., t. 20, 21, to Cycas pectinata Ham., a species described 

 from Indian specimens, and one not included in Index Kewensis. 

 Miquel, Comment. Phyt. (1840) 126, refers Olus calappoides 

 II e Celebes to Cycas celebica Miq., a species apparently to be 

 interpreted from Rumphius's description. Doctor Stapf * has 

 contrasted Cycas thouarsii R. Br., C. rumphii Miq., and C. 

 circinalis Linn., giving in synoptical form the macroscopic and 

 microscopic characters by which the three may be distinguished. 

 Pending a critical revision of the entire genus, it is probably best 

 to retain the Moluccan form, that is manifestly closely allied to 

 Cycas circinalis Linn., under the name Cycas rumphii Miq. 



CYCAS REVOLUTA Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 229. 



Arbor calappoides sinensis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 92, t. 2U> 



This commonly cultivated species is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections. The Rumphian species is manifestly Cycas 

 revoluta Thunb. The drawing represents a leaf only, but is 

 well executed and characteristic of the species. 



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PODOCARPUSf Persoon 



PODOCARPUS RUMPHII Blume Rumphia 3 (1847) 214. 

 Lignum emanum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 47, t. 26. 

 Amboina, Hoetoemoeri road and Hitoe messen, Robinson PI. Rumph. 

 Amb. 309, September 30 and October 18, 1913, altitude 250 and 700 meters, 

 locally known as dammar puti (properly the name for Agathis alba Foxw., 

 p. 76). 



This specimen is Lignum emanum Rumph., but it may not be 

 the same as the form on which Blume actually based his descrip- 

 tion of Podocarpus rumphii. It should be critically compared 

 with the species commonly known as Podocarpus neriifolius Don. 

 According to Blume it is Cerbera nereifolia Zipp. in Bijdr. Nat. 

 Wetensch. 5 (1830) 175, but Podocarpus neriifolius Don is earlier. 

 Lignum emanum Rumph. is cited by Blume as a synonym of 

 Podocarpus rumphii. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 38, refers Dammara alba mas 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 175, t. 57, f. A-C, to Podocarpus latifolia 



* Cycas Thouarsii. Kew Bull. (1916) 1-8. 



f Retained name, Vienna Code; Nageia Labill. (1806) is older. 



