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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



parts of the Malayan region and the Philippines. Arnica noc- 

 turia Rumph. was first reduced to Polianthes tuberosa Linn, 

 by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 22, Amoen. Acad. 

 4 (1759) 131, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 984, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 453, 

 which is certainly the correct disposition of it, and which has 

 been accepted by all subsequent authors. 



AGAVE Linnaeus 



AGAVE CANTALA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 25, nomen nudum. 

 Furcraea cantala Haworth Syn. PI. Succul. Suppl. (1819) 42. 

 Agave cantula Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 167. 

 Agave rumphii Hassk. in Hoev. & DeVriese Tijdschr. 10 (1843) 121. 

 Aloe americana Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 273, t. 94. 



The common maguey plant is not represented in our Amboina 

 collections. Aloe americana Rumph. was originally reduced by 

 Linnaeus to Aloe vivipara Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, while in the Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 986, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 461, he placed it under Agave vivipara 

 Linn, in which he was followed by various authors. This, 

 however, seems to be a different species, originally based on 

 material from tropical America. Agave cantala Roxb., as 

 originally used, is a nomen nudum, but the spelling of the specific 

 name is fixed by Haworth's publication of Furcraea cantala 

 in 1819, with a reference to Roxburgh. However, Roxburgh 

 himself published the name, with a brief description and a 

 reference to Rumphius, as Agave cantula Roxb. Agave rumphii 

 Hassk. is apparently typified by Aloe americana Rumph. While 

 the species is of Mexican origin, having been introduced into the 

 Philippines at an early date by the Spaniards, the Indo-Malayan 

 form has not as yet been satisfactorily connected with any 

 described American species. 



TACCACEAE 



TACCA * Forster 



TACCA PI N N ATI Fl DA Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 70, t. 85. 

 Tacca dubia Schultes Syst. 7 1 (1829) 167 (type!). 

 Tacca litorea Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 328, t. 



Tacca phailifera Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 326 p. p., t. 113, f. 1, a, b. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 The illustrations given by Rumphius of Tacca litorea, and of T. 

 phailifera t. 113, f. 1, are both excellent representations of the 



* Retained name, Brussels Congress; Leontopetaloides Boehm. (1760) is 

 older. 



