AMAKYLLIDACEAE 



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Curculigo recurvata Dryander in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 2 (1811) 253. 

 Curculigo sumatrana Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 24 (type!). 

 Involucrum s. angraecum terrestre tertium Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 

 114, t. 53. 



Amboina, Kati-kati, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 129, October 7, 1913, 

 on banks, altitude about 80 meters. 



This was cited by Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 13, under 

 Phyllodes placentaria Lo\ir.=Ph r rynium capitatum Willd., a spe- 

 cies that is entirely different from Curculigo capitulata 0. 

 Kimtze. Poiret, in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 645, referred 

 it to Curculigo latifolia Dry., in which he was followed by 

 numerous authors. Henschel and Pritzel refer it to Curculigo 

 recurvata Dry. It is the actual type of Curculigo sumatrana 

 Roxb., as published in Hort. Beng. (1814) 24, by citation of tho 

 Rumphian figure; see C. B. Robinson in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 7 (1912) Bot. 413. Curculigo sumatrana Roxb., as actually 

 described from Sumatran specimens later, Roxburg Fl. Ind. ed. 

 2, 2 (1832) 146, seems to be distinct and is generally cited as a 

 synonym of Curculigo latifolia Dryand. 



PANCRATIUM Dillenius 



PANCRATIUM ZEYLANICUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 290. 

 Lilium indicum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 161, t. 70, /. 2. 



This common and well-known species, excellently figured by 

 Rumphius, is not represented in our Amboina collections. It 

 occurs here and there in the vicinity of towns and habitations 

 throughout the Malayan region. Lilium indicum Rumph. was 

 first reduced to Pancratium zeylanicum Linn., in Stickman Herb. 

 Amb. (1754) 28, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 136, Sp. PI. ed. 2 

 (1762) 417, which is certainly the correct disposition of it, 

 and which has been accepted by subsequent authors. 



The form described by Rumphius, in the same chapter, as 

 Lilium indicum javanicum, Herb. Amb. 6: 162, a Javan plant with 

 yellow flowers, is indeterminable from the data at present avail- 

 able. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 178, has suggested that 

 it might be Calostemma luteum Sims, but it is entirely im- 

 probable that this Australian species had been introduced into 

 Java at the time when Rumphius wrote his account. 



POLIANTHES Linnaeus 



POLIANTHES TUBEROSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 316. 

 Arnica nocturna Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 285, t. 98. 



The tuberose is not represented in our Amboina collections, 

 but is probably still cultivated in Amboina, as it is in various 



