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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



evenius Blume, but in view of the characters of that species 

 and its known distribution this proposed reduction is probably 

 incorrect. 



SANTALACEAE 



SANTALUM Linnaeus 



SANTALUM ALBUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 349. 

 Sandalum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 42, t. 11. 



The form described by Rumphius as Sandalum is probably 

 the true sandal wood, Santalum album Linn., at least for most 

 part. Sandalum was first reduced by Linnaeus, in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1754) 8, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 120, Syst. ed. 10 

 (1759) 1000, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 497, to Santalum album Linn., 

 which disposition of it has been very generally accepted by 

 succeeding authors. Poiret, in Lamarck Encycl. 6 (1804) 502, 

 suggested that it might be Sirium my rti folium Linn., which is 

 generally cited as a synonym of Santalum album Linn. Prob- 

 ably referable here is the form from Celebes indicated by 

 Rumphius as Sandalum radicis Herb. Amb. 2 : 46, but there is less 

 reason for considering Lignum papuanum III Rumph., 1. c. 58, as 

 being identical with Santalum album Linn, as Henschel indi- 

 cates; see Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 28. 



EXOCARPUS LaBillardiere 



EXOCARPUS EPIPHYLLANTHUS (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 136, Syst. 



ed. 10 (1759) 1264 (type!), non Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1392. 

 Xylophylla longifolia Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 221 (type!). 

 Phyllanthus cer amicus Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 591 (type!). 

 Exocarpus cer amicus R. Br. ex. Spreng. Gesch. 2 (1818) 77; Hensch. 



Vita Rumph. (1833) 201. 

 Exocarpus phyllanthoides Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. (1833) 46? 

 Exocarpos ceramica A. DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 691 (type!). 

 Xylophyllos ceramica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 19, t. 12. 



The present application of Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus Linn, 

 is entirely contrary to accepted usage, yet it is unquestionably 

 the correct interpretation of the species. In the Amoen. Acad. 

 4 (1759) 136, Linnaeus quotes the Rumphian illustration with 

 doubt, but in the same year, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1264, he adds a 

 description which is based wholly on Rumphius, as follows: 

 u Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus. 2. P. f ol. lanceolatis serratis ; crenis 

 floriferis. Rumph. amb. 7. t. 12." However, in the second edition 

 of his Species Plantarum (1763) 1392, he discards the Rumphian 

 synonym, adds various others, and describes a plant, a true 

 Phyllanthus, from American material. Still later, Mant. 2 



