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fact one year after Andropogon schoenanthus was published, 

 Linnaeus himself referred to it the Rumphian figure in Stick- 

 man's dissertation on the Herbarium Amboinense (1754) 20, 

 which was repeated in Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, Syst. ed. 

 10 (1759) 1304; in Murray's edition of the Systema Vegeta- 

 bilium (1774) 758; by Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 646; 

 and by Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 219; the last author also in 

 the same work, page 24, erroneously referring it to Panicum 

 polystachion Linn. 



ANDROPOGON EXALTATUS R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 202. 



Schoenanthemum alterum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 182? 

 Amboina, Silali, on barren hills, altitude 125 meters, Robinson PL 

 Rumph. Amb. £6, September 22, 1913, locally known as kusu kusu. 



Hasskarl has suggested Andropogon circinnatus Hochst. as 

 the possible place for this form briefly mentioned by Rumphius. 

 As what I take to be a form of Andropogon exaltatus R. Br. 

 occurs in Amboina and as this has fragrant leaves, I merely 

 make the suggestion that it may be the species intended by 

 Rumphius. The species has been previously reported only from 

 Australia and from Thursday Island. 



THEM EDA Forskal 

 THEM EDA FRONDOSA (R. Br.) comb. nov. 



Anthistiria frondosa R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 200. 



Themeda arguens Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 657, non 



Stipa arguens Linn. 

 Gramen arguens Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 15, t. 6, f. 1. 

 Amboina, Way tommo, in waste places, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 62, 

 August 16, 1913. Celebes, Macassar, Rel. Robins. 2452, July 11, 1913. 



The type of Stipa arguens Linn, was an Indian specimen, 

 although the specific name was taken from Rumphius, and 

 Gramen arguens Rumph. is cited in the original description. 

 The actual type, in the Linnean herbarium, is the form described 

 by Hackel as Themeda ciliata (Linn, f.) Hack., to which the 

 name Themeda arguens must now be applied. The Linnean 

 description was manifestly based on the specimen before him, not 

 on the Rumphian illustration ; and, accordingly, the name should 

 go with the plant he described. The error in referring the 

 Rumphian illustration to the Indian species was a very natural 

 one. 



THEMEDA GIGANTEA (Cav.) Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 670. 

 Anthistiria gigantea Cav. Ic. 5 (1799) 36, t. 458. 

 Calamagrostis Rumph. Herb. 6: 16, t. 6, f. 2. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections, but 



