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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



busa arundinacea Retz., not B. blumeana Schultes f . Loureiro's 

 species was transferred to Bambusa as B. agrestis Poir. in Lam. 

 Encycl. 8 (1808) 704. Munro includes Loureiro's species in 

 the synonymy of Bambusa blumeana Schultes f., with doubt; 

 I am convinced that it should be transferred to Bambusa arun- 

 dinacea Retz. Bambusa teba Miq. is based wholly on Rumphius, 

 for Miquel cites as synonyms Arundo agrestis Lour, and Bam- 

 busa agrestis Poir., specifically excluding all data given by 

 these authors except the Rumphian synonym, Arundarbor spi- 

 nosa Rumph. 



BAMBUSA ATRA Lindl. in Penny Cyclop. 3 (1835) 357 (type!). 

 Bambusa prava Lindl. 1. c. (type!). 

 Bambusa picta Lindl. 1. c. (type!). 



Leleba alba, nigra, prava, et lineata Rumph. ex R. & S. Syst. 7 2 (1830) 

 1345, 1346. 



Bambusa tenuis Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 119 (type!). 

 T eleba rumphiana Kurz Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1866) 20 (type!). 

 bambusa rumphiana Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 39 2 (1870) 86. 

 Bambusa lineata Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 118 (type!). 

 Arundarbor tenuis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 1, t. 1 (inch alba, nigra, 

 lineata, et prava). 

 Amboina, Way tommo, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 32, August 18, 1913; 

 Caju poeti, PL Rumph. Amb. 33, August 2, 1913; Lateri, Robinson PI. 

 Rumph. Amb. 3Jf, September 5, 1913; all known as leleba. 



The synonymy of this species is rather complicated, but Bam- 

 busa atra Lindl., 1835, based on Leleba nigra, is apparently 

 the oldest valid specific name. It is to be noted that the several 

 forms described by Rumphius under the designations Leleba 

 nigra, prava, picta, lineata, and amahussana are repeated by 

 Roemer and Schultes, Syst. 7 2 (1830) 1345, 1346, under the 

 Rumphian names in a note following Bambusa verticillata 

 Willd. "Publication" was not intended, nor have Roemer and 

 Schultes's names been recognized as published. 



Regarding the actual specimens cited above, Mr. Gamble writes 

 as follows: "I make Nos. 32, 33, 34 all Bambusa rumphiana 

 Kurz. In my Bambuseae of British India* I described this as 

 Bambusa lineata Munro, but after publication Sir D. Brandis 

 pointed out to me that Munro's B. lineata only referred to one 

 of Rumphius's varieties, while Kurz's name included them all. 

 So I agree with him, but it is best to take Kurz's name. No. 

 32, I agree, fits best with Rumphius's Arundo arbor tenuis 

 nigra, and No. 33 with A. tenuis alba; so too No. 34, with very 

 broad leaves, will do for A. tenuis prava." 



* Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7 (1896) 1-133, t. 1-118. 



