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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



species under the binomial system, but none of the names are 

 valid, for which reason I propose to call this plant Pandanus 

 robinsonii. Doctor Martelli, who has made the determination 

 of the specimen as Pandanus spurius, would call it Pandanus 

 spurius Mart., non Miq., but I consider the specific name spurius 

 to be invalid. Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 603, erroneously- 

 referred it to Pandanus odoratissimus Linn. f. Lamarck, 

 Encycl. 1 (1785) 372, placed it under Pandanus odoratissimus 

 as var. p. Henschel, Vita Rumph. (1833) 166, referred the 

 name Pandanus spurius, but not the figure, to Pandanus fas- 

 cicularis Lam., erroneously citing plates 80 and 81 as P. spurius. 

 Persoon, Syn. 2 (1807) 597, placed it, with doubt, under Pan- 

 danus candelabrum Beauv., an African species. Hasskarl, 

 Flora 25 (1842) Beibl. 2: 14, referred it to Marquatia globosa 

 Hassk., a new genus and species based on specimens cultivated 

 in the botanic garden at Buitenzorg, Java, originating in 

 Mauritius; this Walpers, Ann. 1 (1849) 753, renamed Hass- 

 karlia globosa Walp. Both names are synonyms of Pandanus 

 utilis Bory. Miquel, Anal. Bot. Ind. (1851) 57, Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1855) 157, recognizing the fact that Pandanus spurius 

 Rumph. was not the same as Marquatia globosa Hassk. (Hass- 

 karlia globosa Walp.), adopted the specific name Pandanus 

 spurius for the species, after Rumphius, but his description 

 applies to the species Hasskarl described, and thus it becomes a 

 synonym of Pandanus utilis Bory. 



PANDANUS REPENS Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 165 (type!). 

 Pandanus repens Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 152. 



Not represented in our Amboina collections. From the de- 

 scription the plant is probably a variety of Pandanus tectorius 

 Soland., corresponding to the Philippine form, Pandanus sabotan 

 Blanco, used for similar purposes, that is, for making mats. 

 A species of very doubtful status, known only from Rumphius's 

 description. 



PANDANUS H ASSKARLI I nom. nov. 



Pandanus latifolius Hassk. in Flora 25 (1842) Beibl. 2: 13, non Perr., 

 nec aliorum. 



Pandanus latifolius Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 146, t. 78. 



Not represented in our Amboina collections. There is no 

 doubt whatever that Hasskarl correctly interpreted Pandanus 

 latifolius Rumph. I have, however, proposed a new name for 

 the species, as the name latifolius is preoccupied in the genus. 



