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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



N I PA (NYPA) Wurmb 



NIPA (NYPA) FRUTICANS Wurmb Verh. Bat. Genoots. 1 (1779) 350. 

 Nypa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 69, t. 16. 



The illustration is an excellent one of the common nipa palm, 

 and Nypa was reduced by Wurmb in the original publication of 

 Nipa (Nypa) fruticans Wurmb. This is manifestly the correct 

 disposition of it and has been accepted by all authors, although 

 commonly appearing in literature as Nipa fruticans Thunb. 



PALMAE OF UNCERTAIN STATUS 



I am unable satisfactorily to determine the status of the few forms 

 described by Rumphius immediately following Cocus maldivicus. They may 

 or may not be the seeds or fruits of palms. These doubtful forms are as 

 follows : 



Compar mangae Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 216, t. 82, f. 1. 

 Cocus maldivicus minor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 218, t. 82, f. 2, S. 

 Cocus melindanus verus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 219, t. 82, f. If. 

 Calapput laut Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 219. 



ARACEAE 



POT H OS Linnaeus 



POTHOS RUM PHI I Schott Melet. 1 (1832) 21. 



Scindapsus rumphii Presl Epim. (1851) 241. 



Adpendix porcellanica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 485, t. 182, f. 1. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 116, 117, October, 1913, on 

 trees at low altitudes, locally known as tapinawa and tapinawa puti. 



The Rumphian figure is cited by Presl, under Scindapsus 

 rumphii Presl, and presumably is cited by Schott in the original 

 publication of the species (not seen by me) . The species is a 

 very characteristic and strongly marked one, the specimens cited 

 above agreeing well with the Rumphian figure and description 

 and with Pothos rumphii Schott as currently interpreted. 



POTHOS LONGIFOLIUS Presl Epim. (1851) 242. 



Adpendix duplo folio Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 490, t. 18U, f. 1-3. 

 Amboina, Hitoe lama, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 118, November, 1913, 

 on trees, altitude about 50 meters. 



Linnaeus originally reduced Adpendix duplo folio Rumph. to 

 Pothos scandens Linn., which is very closely allied to Pothos 

 longifolius Presl, and extends from India to Indo-China, Java, 

 and Borneo. Pothos longifolius Presl is known from the Philip- 

 pines, Sumatra, Java, and the Moluccas. The original reduc- 



