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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



HYDROCHARITACEAE 



EN H ALUS Richard 



EN H ALUS ACOROIDES (Linn, f.) Rich, ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 1 

 (1840) 554; Chatin Anat. PI. Aquat. (1862) 15, t. 6. 

 Stratiotes acoroides Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 268. 

 Enhalus koenigii Rich, in Mem. Inst. Paris 2 (1811) 78. 

 Acorus marinus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 191, t. 75, f. 2. 

 Amboina, Gelala, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 474, on tidal flats, October 

 20, 1913. 



Acorus marinus Rumph. is the first reference given by the 

 younger Linnaeus in the orginal publication of Stratiotes aco- 

 roides Linn. f. ; the actual type, however, was a specimen from 

 Ceylon, collected by Koenig. This reduction was followed by 

 Willdenow, Poiret, Persoon, and other authors. Miquel, Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 237, cites it under Enhalus koenigii Rich., 

 a synonym of E. acoroides (Linn, f.) Rich. 



GRAMINEAE 



The comparatively few species of this family considered by 

 Rumphius are chiefly those of economic value, such as the coarser 

 forms, the bamboos, etc. As is to be expected in such a difficult 

 group, it is by no means easy to determine the status? of some 

 of the forms considered, this being especially true of the bamboos. 

 Unfortunately numerous species of Bambusa have been based 

 wholly on the descriptions or figures given by Rumphius, and 

 these must be interpreted by the data given by him. Until more 

 comprehensive collections are made in the Moluccas with special 

 reference to the descriptions and native names given by 

 Rumphius, the exact status of several of these species must 

 remain doubtful. 



ZEA Linnaeus 

 ZEA MAYS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 971. 



Frumentum indicum s. turcicum s. saracenicum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 

 5: 202. 



This is merely mentioned by Burman in a note appended to 

 the description of Panicum indicum s. botton, i. e. Setaria italica 

 (Linn.) Kunth. It is cultivated in all parts of the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



CO IX Linnaeus 

 COIX LACHRYMA JOBI Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 972. 



Lachryma jobi indica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 193, t. 75. 

 Lithospermum amboinicum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 22, t. 9, f. 1. 



Amboina, Way tommo, along the banks of a stream, Robinson PL 

 Rumph. Amb. 40, August 19, 1913, locally known as bull buli. 



