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independently of Balanostreblus ilicifolia Kurz. Kurz's species 

 has been reported from Celebes by Koorders, and an examination 

 of Koorders's specimens at Buitenzorg convinced me that they 

 were the same as the Philippine Taxotrophis ilicifolia Vidal, 

 which lead me to suspect that Balanostreblus ilicifolia Kurz and 

 Taxotrophis ilicifolia Vidal were one and the same thing. I 

 am indebted to Sir D. Prain, director of the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, England, for the following memorandum supplied to me 

 under date of June 28, 1916: 



The material of Balanostreblus ilicifolius Kurz, and Taxotrophis ilici- 

 folia Vidal has been compared in accordance with your request of May 

 9th, with the result that your surmise as to their identity is very probably 

 correct. There is a slight difference in the male catkins which may be of 

 no importance. In the Philippine plant they are very short, while in 

 Balanostreblus ilicifolius, even in a young state, they are much longer. 

 Balanostreblus Kurz, will therefore have to be reduced to Taxotrophis 

 Blume, the anthers of which appear to be inflexed. I might mention that 

 Taxotrophis triapiculata Gamble (Kew Bull. 1913, 188) proves to be the 

 same as Balanostreblus ilicifolius Kurz. 



I am now of the opinion that the recently described Taxotro- 

 phis obtusa Elm. is also a form of T. ilicifolia Vidal. 



CUDRANIA Trecul 



CUDRANIA JAVANENSIS Tree, in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ill 8 (1847) 123. 

 Trophis spinosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 489, non Roxb. 

 Batis spinosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 71 (type!), non Fl. Ind. ed 



2, 3 (1832) 762. 

 Cudranus rumphii Thw. Enum. PI. Ceyl. (1861) 262. 

 Madura amboinensis Blume Mus. Bot. 2 (1849) 83. 

 Cudranus amboinensis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1859) 290. 

 Cudranus spinosus O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 2 (1891) 623. 

 Cudrania spinosa Hochr. in Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 6 (1910) 489. 

 Cudranus bimanus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 22, t. 15, f. 2. 

 Cudranus amboinicus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 22, t. 15, /. 1. 

 Cudranus amboinicus silvestris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 25, t. 16. 



Not represented in our Amboina collections. The three 

 "species" described and figured by Rumphius are apparently all 

 referable to Cudrania javanensis Tree, which name I interpret 

 as the oldest valid one for the species. Cudranus bimanus 

 Rumph. is the type and whole basis of Batis spinosa Roxb. as 

 published in the Hortus Bengalensis (1814) 71,* but I consider 

 the name to be invalidated in Cudrania by C. spinosa (Blume) 

 Hochr. The species later described by Roxburgh under this 

 name is entirely different from Cudrania javanensis Tree. 



* See C. B. Robinson in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 415. 



