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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



tions have been proposed in view of the uncertain status of some 

 of the species. 



I am under obligations to Doctor 0. Beccari, Florence, Italy, 

 for identifications of the palms actually collected by Doctor 

 Robinson. 



CORYPHA Linnaeus 



CORYPHA UTAN Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 131 (type!). 



Borassus sylvestris Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. PI. (1792) 86 (type!). 

 Taliera sylvestris Blume ex Schultes Syst. 7 (1830) 1307 (type!). 

 Corypha sylvestris Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1838) 233; Blume 



Rumphia 2 (1836) 59 (type!). 

 Lontarus silvestris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 53, t. 11. 



Lontarus silvestris Rumph. is the whole basis of Corypha utan 

 Lam., which name should be maintained if the species proves to 

 be a valid one. Borassus sylvestris Giseke, Corypha sylvestris 

 Mart., and Taliera sylvestris Blume are exact synonyms, being, 

 like Corypha utan Lam., based on Rumphius. 



CORYPHA GEBANGA Blume Rumphia 2 (1836) 59, t. 97, 89, 105; Mart. 

 Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1838) 233. 

 Gembanga rotundifolia Blume ex Nees in Flora 8 (1825) 580, 676. 

 Taliera gembanga Blume ex Schultes Syst. 7 (1830) 1307. 

 Lontarus silvestris s. cabang Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1:55. 



In this reduction I have followed Blume and Martius. In view 

 of the uncertain status of Blume's species, no attempt is made 

 to adjust the synonymy. It is manifestly very closely allied to, 

 if not identical with, Corypha elata Roxb., and it may also prove 

 to be the same as Corypha utan Lam. 



CORYPHA ELATA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 25, nomen nudum, Fl. Ind. 

 ed. 2, 2 (1832) 176. 

 Lontarus silvestris s. yhur e Philippin. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1:54. 



Among all the palms that occur in the Philippines that yield 

 a sago-like edible fecula, Rumphius's discussion of this applies 

 only to Corypha in "trunco tarn crasso, ut vir eum brachiis 

 complecti nequeat." Corypha elata Roxb. may prove to be iden- 

 tical with one or both of the preceding species. Hasskarl, Neue 

 Schliissel (1866) 12, quotes it as a possible synonym of Borassus 

 sylvestris Gieseke, after Henschel, Vita Rumph. (1833) 140. 



LICU ALA Thunberg 



LICUALA RUM PHI I Blume Rumphia 2 (1836) 41, t. 89, /. 2. 



Corypha licuala Lam. Encycl. 2 (1783) 131 (type!). 

 Licuala arbor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1:44, t. 9. 



The status of this species, as distinct from Licuala spinosa 



