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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



ELEUSIN E Gaertner 



ELEUSINE INDICA (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1781) 8. 



Cynosurus indicus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 72. 



Gramen vaccinum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 9, t. 4, /• 2. 

 Amboina, Batoe mera, in ditches and along roadsides, Robinson PI. 

 Rumph. Amb. Jf8, July 20 and August 15, 1913. 



This common and widely distributed grass is well represented 

 by Rumphius's figure, which was first referred by Linnaeus, Sp. 

 PI. ed. 2 (1762) 106, to Cynosurus indicus, in which he has been 

 followed by Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 29; by Lamarck, Encycl. 

 2 (1786) 187; by Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 59; by Willde- 

 now, Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 417 — all under Cynosurus — and by Hass- 

 karl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 152, under Eleusine. The figure 

 is not cited in modern literature. 



ELEUSINE COROCANA (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1781) 8, t. 1. 



Cynosurus corocanus Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 875. 

 Goddam Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 10. 



Pinicum gramineum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 203, t. 76, f. 2. 



Rumphius figured this species from plants grown in Amboina, 

 the seeds having been received by him from Ceylon; it is con- 

 sidered by Hooker f . to be a cultivated form of Eleusine indica 

 Gaertn. The figure given by Rumphius was first referred to 

 this species by Linnaeus, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 875, repeated in his 

 Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 107; followed by Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 

 29, by Lamarck, Encycl. 2 (1786) 187, and by Willdenow, Sp. PI. 

 1 (1797) 415 — ^all under Cynosurus corocanus Linn. — and finally 

 by Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 111. Rumphius's figure is 

 not generally cited by modern authors. The Javan form very 

 briefly described by Rumphius as Goddam can scarcely be other 

 than Eleusine corocana Gaertn. 



DACTYLOCTEN I U M Willdenow 



DACTYLOCTEN I U M AEGYPTIUM (Linn.) Richt. PI. Europ. 1 (1889) 68. 



Cynosurus aegyptius Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 72. 



Gramen vaccinum femina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 9, 10, t. U, f- 1- 



Amboina, Batoe mera, along roadsides, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 4.9, 

 August 15, 1912. 



This common grass is fairly well represented by Rumphius's 

 figure, although the prolonged rachis is not shown. The habit, 

 together with the relatively thick spikes, unquestionably places 

 the figure cited with Dactyloctenium rather than with Eleusine 

 indica Gaertn. The figure was first referred here by Linnaeus, 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 25, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 



