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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



Radix puluronica was originally reduced by Linnaeus to Aris- 

 tolochia indica Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 25, Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 133, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1249, in which he was 

 followed by Loureiro, Henschel, and Pritzel, and, with doubt, 

 by Duchartre, in DC. Prodr. 15 1 (1864) 479; this species, 

 however, is definitely known only from India and Ceylon. I 

 have here listed the Rumphian species under Aristolochia 

 rumphii Kostel., of which it is the type, as it does not appear 

 to be referable to any of the well-known Malayan species; such 

 as Aristolochia tagala Cham., A. timoriensis Decne., A. gaudi- 

 chaudii Duch., and A. zollingeri Miq. 



ARISTOLOCHIA sp. 



Peponaster major Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 474. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 149, thought that this might 

 be the same as Aristolochia hastata Jack, but there is little 

 reason to consider that this reduction is correct, as Jack's 

 species is known only from Sumatra. It might be the very 

 imperfectly described Aristolochia longifolia Roxb. (A. moluc- 

 cana Duchartre), the type of which was from the Moluccas, 

 or the very widely distributed Aristolochia tagala Cham. {A. 

 roxburghiana Klotz.). Its status can be determined only by 

 a critical study of all the Moluccan species when more abundant 

 material is available. 



POLYGONACEAE 

 RHEUM Linnaeus 



RHEUM RHABARBARUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 372. 

 Rhabarbarum sinense Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 148. 



The rather long discussion seems to apply to this Linnean 

 species ; the plant itself is not described. Hasskarl, Neue Schliis- 

 sel (1866) 177, referred it to Rheum undulatum Linn., which is 

 a synonym of R. rhabarbarum Linn. 



RUM EX Linnaeus 



RUM EX PATIENTIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 333. 



Lapathum hortense Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 277. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 120, suggests that this is 

 Rumex patientia Linn., which is probably the correct disposition 

 of it. The plant is not described by Rumphius, who merely 

 states that it was the same as the European form called Acetosa 

 hispanica, Pathic, or Patientia, that it was cultivated and used 

 in cooking, and that it was known to the Malays as say or assam. 



