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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



habitat cited by Rumphius, the indications are that Fimbristylis 

 setacea Benth., rather than F. polytrichoides R. Br., is the 

 correct disposition of it; it is certainly not Fimbristylis acumi- 

 nata Vahl. 



GAHNIA Forster 



GAHNIA RAWACENSIS (Kunth) Steud. Syn. PL Cyp. (1855) 164? 

 Lamprocarya rawacensis Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 333. 

 Carex culmaris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 21? 



Amboina, Amahoesoesoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. September 18, 

 1913, on hillsides, altitude about 150 meters. 



The identity of the specimen with either Gahnia rawacensis 

 Steud. or Carex culmaris Rumph. is very doubtful. The speci- 

 mens somewhat resemble Gahnia tristis Nees, but are very much 

 smaller and differ in various details. They do not, however, 

 agree entirely with the rather imperfect description of Gahnia 

 rawacensis Steud., the type of which was from Rawak Island, 

 in the Moluccas; it has been reduced, apparently erroneously, 

 to Gahnia aspera Spreng. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 

 155, refers the Rumphian plant to Gahnia javanica Z. & M. 

 Doctor Robinson, who suggested the identity of the plant with 

 Carex culmaris, states : " Identification considered very doubtful, 

 but so must any identification be." 



HYPOLYTRUM Richard 



HYPOLYTRUM LATI FOLIUM Rich, ex Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 70. 

 Carex laevis minor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 21. 

 Amboina, Batoe gadjah, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. £32, August 5, 1913, 

 near streams, altitude about 150 meters. 



This reduction of Carex laevis minor to Hypolytrum latifolium 

 Rich, has not prevously been suggested. Rumphius's descrip- 

 tion applies closely to the species as here interpreted. Hasskarl, 

 Neue Schliissel (1866) 155, has suggested that it might be a 

 form of Cyperus polystachyus Rottb. =Pycreus odoratus Urb., 

 but that reduction is an impossible one. 



SCIRPIODENDRON Zippel 



SCIRPIODENDRON GHAERI (Gaertn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 

 (1914) Bot. 268. 



Chionanthus ghaeri Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1781) 190, t. 29, f. a-e; Boerl. 



in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31 (1896) 246. 

 Scirpiodendron costatum Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 38 2 (1869) 85. 

 Scirpiodendron pandani forme Zipp. ex Kurz L c. 



Scirpiodendron sulcatum Miq. 111. PL Archipel. Ind. (1871) 65, t. 28. 



