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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



Ubium polypoides Rumph. was correctly reduced to Stemona 

 tuberosa by Loureiro in the original description of that species, 

 in which disposition of it later authors have generally concurred, 

 including C. H. Wright in his paper on the genus Stemona, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 22 (1896) 490-496. 



STEMONA MOLUCCANA (Blume) C. H. Wright in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 22 (1896) 494. 



Roxburghia moluccana Blume Enum. PI. Jav. 1 (1827) 9 (type!). 

 Ubium polypoides II nigrum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 365. 



This species is figured and fully described by Dr. J. J. Smith, 

 Ic. Bogor. 3 (1897) 111-114, t 21*5, 2J>6. Wright's and Blume's 

 descriptions are entirely inadequate. It is by no means certain 

 that the two forms described by Rumphius are really distinct, 

 or that the form figured by him, which I have placed under 

 Stemona tuberosa Lour., really belongs with Loureiro's species. 

 Stemona tuberosa Lour, and S. moluccana C. H. Wright are very 

 closely allied. In this connection it is of interest to note that 

 Dr. Robinson considered that his specimen represented Ubium 

 polypoides II nigrum Rumph. rather than U. polypoides I album 

 Rumph. where I have placed it. 



LILIACEAE 



ALOE Linnaeus 

 ALOE VERA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 320. 



Sempervivium indicum majus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 271. 



This was apparently correctly placed by Henschel, Vita Rumph. 

 (1833) 177, who considered it to be Aloe perfoliata Linn. var. 

 vera Linn. The species is widely cultivated for medicinal pur- 

 poses in the Malayan region. 



D I AN ELLA Lamarck 



Dl AN ELLA ODORATA Blume Enum. 1 (1827) 13. 



Gladiolus odoratus indicus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 185, t. 73. 

 Amboina, Way tommo and Soja road, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 505, 

 August, 1913, on grassy slopes and barren hills, altitude 50 to 300 meters. 



This was reduced by Linnaeus to Dracaena ensifolia Linn, in 

 the original description of that species, Mant. 1 (1767) 63, but 

 his description seems to have been based on actual specimens. 

 At any rate Dianella ensifolia (Linn.) DC, as currently 

 interpreted, is not the same as the form that Rumphius de- 

 scribed and figured. Lamarck, Encycl. 2 (1786) 276, cites it 

 under Dianella nemorosa, but Dianella nemorosa Lam. was based 

 on specimens from Bourbon and Isle of France and is a distinct 

 species. Gladiolus odoratus indicus Rumph. is unquestionably 



