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to Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz. It is barely possible 

 that the Lateri specimen, cited above under Schizostachyum 

 brachycladum Kurz (PL Rumph, Amb. 37) and described by 

 Doctor Robinson as having internodes 60 to 90 cm in length, 

 may be Arundarbor spiculorum Rumph. In PL Rumph. Amb. 

 36, also cited under Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz, the 

 internodes are from 35 to 40 cm in length, but the branches, 

 leaves, inflorescence, and spikelets are identical in both 

 specimens. 



BAMBUSEAE OF UNCERTAIN STATUS 



The following forms of bamboo described by Rumphius are undetermin- 

 able, and fortunately, with possibly one exception, they have not been made 

 the basis of binomials by subsequent authors: 



Arundarbor fera silvestris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 16. 



This is probably the same as Bambusa spinosa Roxb. 

 Arundarbor ferae adf. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 18. 

 Arundarbor fera nigra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 18. 



This may be Bambusa nigra Lodd., where it has been placed by several 

 authors. 



Arundarbor fera s. cha Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 18. 

 Arundarbor fera 6. bulu tsjatjar Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 18. 

 Arundarbor fera s. Arundo japanica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 18. 



CYPERACEAE 



KYLLINGA Rottboell 

 KYLLINGA MONOCEPHALA Rottb. Descr. et Ic. PI. (1773) 13, t. U, /• U. 

 Gramen capitatum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6:8, t. 3, f. 2. 

 Amboina, near the town of Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. £29, 

 July 25, 1913, in meadows near sea level, associated with Kyllinga brevi- 

 folia Rottb. (Rel. Robins. 1897). 



The figure presents a good habit sketch of what might be 

 either Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. or K. brevifolia Rottb., but 

 as the inflorescence is described as white, I have referred the 

 Rumphian figure and description to Kyllinga monocephala; the 

 inflorescence of K. brevifolia Rottb. is usually, if not always, 

 green instead of white. Historically, the Rumphian figure was 

 first considered by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 25, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 133, where it is erroneously reduced 

 to Scirpus glomeratus Linn. Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 18, 

 and Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 41, erroneously refer it to 

 Schoenus coloratus Linn. Lamark, however, Encycl. 3 (1789) 

 366, correctly reduced it to Kyllinga monocephala Rottb., this 

 reduction being very generally accepted by subsequent authors. 



