150 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



1478, is typified by Musa uranoscopos Rumph. Herb. Amb. 

 5: 137, t. 61, f. 2. From data and material at present available 

 no satisfactory arrangement of the various forms of the cul- 

 tivated and semicultivated bananas is possible, and the definite 

 characters of the numerous species, subspecies, varieties, and 

 forms can be determined only by a critical study of ample 

 living material. No bananas are represented in our Amboina 

 collections. 



MUSA TEXTILIS Nee in Ann. Cienc. Nat. 4 (1801) 123. 



Musa silvestris mindanauensis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 139. 



This was described from Mindanao and Sangir material and 

 is manifestly a form of the abaca plant. It is certain that 

 Musa textilis Nee includes a number of distinct forms or va- 

 rieties, and perhaps a critical study of living material will show 

 that some of the forms are worthy of specific rank. 



MUSA TEXTILIS Nee var. AM BOI N ENSIS Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 1 (1900) 19. 



Musa amboinensis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1858) 588 (type!). 

 Musa silvestris amboinensis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 139. 



The status of this Amboina form is uncertain, and it may 

 prove to be specifically distinct from Musa textilis Nee. 



MUSA ACUMINATA Colla in Mem. Acad. Torin. 25 (1820) 338 (Mem. 

 Gen. Musa 66). 



Musa rumphiana Kurz in Journ. Agric. Hort. Soc. India II 5 (1878) 

 164. 



Musa simiarum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1858) 589. 



Musa simiarum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 138, t. 61, f. 1. 



This sylvan species, briefly described by Rumphius, is probably 

 a valid one, as considered by Warburg, in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 1 (1900) 21, under the name Musa acuminata Colla. It has been 

 referred by various authors to Musa seminifera Lour., M. dis- 

 color Horan., and M. paradisiaca Linn, var., but these reductions 

 are certainly erroneous. 



H ELICON I A * Linnaeus 



(By Th. Valeton) 



H ELICON I A BIHAI Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 211. 

 Musa bihai Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1043. 



Heliconia buccinata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 19 (type!). 

 Heliconiopsis amboinensis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1858) 590. 

 Folium mensarium album Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 142, t. 62, f. 2 

 (sphalm. 1 in explic. p. 143). 



This species, a native of tropical America, must have been 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Bihai Adans. (1763) is older. 



