CHENOPODIACEAE— AMARANTHACEAE 



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CHENOPODIACEAE 



CHENOPODIUM Linnaeus 



CHENOPODIUM QUINOA Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1799) 1301. 

 Blitum peruvianum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 232. 



This South American species is briefly discussed. The reduc- 

 tion, made by Hasskarl, to Chenopodium quinoa Willd., is prob- 

 ably correct. Rumphius quotes the common name quinua for 

 the species he discussed. 



SALICORNIA Tournefort 



SALICORNIA HERBACEA Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 5. 



Crithmus indicus III Kaly articulatum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 166. 



This reduction follows Hasskarl, which is unquestionably the 

 correct disposition of the European plant that Rumphius briefly 

 discussed. 



AMARANTHACEAE 



DEERINGIA R. Brown 



DEERINGIA AM ARANTHOI DES (Lam.) comb. nov. 



Achyranthes amaranthoides Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 548. 

 Celosia baccata Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 23. 

 Deeringia celosioides R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 413. 

 Deeringia baccata Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 236. 

 Blitum frutescens Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 235, t 83, f. 2. 



This widely distributed and well-known species is not repre- 

 sented in our Amboina collections, but Rumphius's excellent 

 figure is unmistakably the form commonly known as Deeringia 

 celosioides R. Br. and as D. baccata Moq., but for which Achy- 

 ranthes amaranthoides Lam. supplies an older name. Linnaeus, 

 Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 295, reduced Blitum frutescens Rumph. to 

 Achyranthes muricata IArm.=Digera muricata (Linn.) Mart. 

 The first and only citation in the original place of publication 

 is the one to Rumphius, and this might by some authors be 

 interpreted as the type of the species. However, the Linnean 

 species is manifestly based primarily on an actual specimen and 

 is hence not to be interpreted by the Rumphian reference. 

 Lamarck, realizing that Linnaeus had confused two distinct 

 species under Achyranthes muricata, proposed the name Achy- 

 ranthes amaranthoides for what is now known as Deeringia 

 baccata Moq., basing his description on specimens collected by 

 Sonnerat, with the reduction of Blitum frutescens Rumph. The 

 description applies unmistakably to Deeringia, not to Digera, 

 although Lamarck's species has long been referred to Digera 



