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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



CALANTHE* R. Brown 



CALANTHE VERATRI FOLI A R. Br. in Bot. Reg. 9 (1823) t. 270. 

 Limodorum veratri folium Willd. Sp. PL 4 (1805) 122. 

 Calanthe furcata Batem. in Bot. Reg. 24 (1838) Misc. 28. 

 Ambly glottis veratrifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 370. 

 Limodorum ventricosum Steud. Nomencl. ed. 1 (1821) 481. 

 Calanthe triplicata Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 326, non 



Orchis triplicata Willem. 

 Flos triplicatus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 115, t. 52, f. 2. 



Mr. Oakes Ames f has adopted the name Calanthe triplicata 

 (Willem.) Ames for the plant usually known as Calanthe verat- 

 rifolia R. Br. on the supposition that Orchis triplicata Willem. 

 was the oldest name for the species. From the original descrip- 

 tion of Orchis triplicata Willem., for a copy of which I am 

 indebted to Mr. Merrill, this was certainly not based on Flos 

 triplicatus Rumph., although the Rumphian name was cited as 

 a synonym, but was based on a Mauritius plant, presumably 

 Calanthe sylvatica LindL, so that Calanthe triplicata Ames, not 

 Orchis triplicata Willem., becomes a synonym of C. veratrifolia 

 R. Br. Willdenow's description of Limodorum veratrifolium is 

 too vague to determine whether it was intended for Calanthe 

 veratrifolia R. Br. or C. sylvatica Lindl. He cites both Flos 

 triplicatus Rumph. and Orchis triplicata Willem. as synonyms 

 and gives the distribution as "Ind. Or." Even if Limodorum 

 veratrifolium Willd. belongs with Calanthe sylvatica LindL, 

 both Calanthe veratrifolia R. Br. and Amblyglottis veratrifolia 

 Blume go entirely with the Malayan plant. It is generally 

 accepted that Calanthe veratrifolia was published by Roxburgh 

 in Bot. Reg. 7 (1821) sub. t. 573; this is incorrect, as Roxburgh 

 merely states that the genus Calanthe should be separated from 

 Limodorum, but makes no new combination. Calanthe veratri- 

 folia appears first in Bot. Reg. 9 (1823) t. 270. The form 

 described by Rumphius may eventually prove to belong to a 

 different species. 



PHAJUS Loureiro 



PHAJUS AM BOI N ENSIS Blume Mus. Bot. 2 (1856) 180; J. J. Sm. Orch. 



Amb. (1905) 21. 



Phajus zollingeri Rchb. f. Xenia Orch. 2: 201, Bonplandia 5 (1857) 42. 

 Angraecum terrestre alterum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 113, t. 52, /. 1, 

 non t. 50, /. 3. 



In the Herbarium Amboinense t. 52, f. 1, is erroneously 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Alismorkis Thou. = Alismorchis Thou. 

 (1809) is older. 



f Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 326. 



