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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



DAEMONOROPS NIGER (Willd.) Blume Rumphia 3 (1827) 5 (type!). 

 Calamus niger Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 203 (type!). 

 Palmijuncus niger Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 101, t. 52. 



A species known only from the Rumphian figure and descrip- 

 tion; see Beccari in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 12 1 (1911) 104. 

 Palmijuncus niger Rumph. has been reduced by various au- 

 thors to Calamus rotang Linn., to Calamus rudentum Lour., and 

 to Daemonorops melanochaetes Blume, but these reductions are 

 manifestly erroneous. 



DAEMONOROPS PAL EM BAN ICUS Blume Rumphia 3 (1837) 20. 

 Palmijuncus palimbanicus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 107. 



The reduction follows Blume, which is probably the correct 

 disposition of Rumphius's species. 



DAEMONOROPS DRACO (Willd.) Blume Rumphia 3 (1837) 8. 

 Calamus draco Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 203 (type!). 

 Palmijuncus draco Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 114, t. 58, f. A, B. 



Regarding this species, Beccari, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 12 1 

 (1911) 106, states: "Only the Palmijuncus Draco growing at 

 Palembang, described and figured by Rumphius (1. c.) can be 

 considered as the true D. Draco," and again: "The canes 

 described by Rumphius * * * figured in plate 58 f. D 

 * * * and which is there attributed to Palmijuncus Draco, 

 are almost certainly those of Calamus Scipionum." 



DAEMONOROPS RUBER Blume Rumphia 3 (1837) 6. 

 Daemonorops accedens Blume 1. c. 13. 



Palmijuncus draco e Bantam Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 116. 



The Javan material included by Rumphius in his description 

 of Palmijuncus draco was referred by Blume to Daemonorops 

 accedens Blume, which is a synonym of D. ruber Blume; see 

 Beccari in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 12 1 (1911) 114. 



CARYOTA Linnaeus 



CARYOTA RUMPH I AN A Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1839) 195 (type!). 

 Saguaster major Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 64, t. H. 



The illustration is an excellent habit sketch of this sufficiently 

 well-known palm, which extends from the Philippines to the 

 Moluccas and Java. Saguaster major Rumph. is the whole basis 

 of Caryota rumphiana Mart., from which Caryota maxima Blume 

 does not appear to be distinct. Linnaeus originally reduced the 

 Rumphian species to the Indian Caryota urens Linn., in Stick- 

 man Herb. Amb. (1754) 6, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 118, and 



