214 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



CYATHULA Loureiro 



CYATHULA PROSTRATA (Linn.) Blume Bijdr. (1825) 549. i 

 Achyranthes prostrata Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 296. 

 Cyathula geniculates Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 102. 

 Auris canina I femina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 26, t. 11. 

 Amboina, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 135, near the town of Amboina 



in a sago swamp at low altitude. 



Auris canina I femina Rumph. was originally reduced by- 

 Linnaeus to Achyranthes lappacea Linn., in Stickman Herb. 

 Amb. (1754) 26, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 134, Syst. ed. 10 

 (1759) 942, but recognizing his error, he later, Sp. PL ed. 2 

 (1762) 296, cites it in the original description of Achyranthes 

 prostrata lAxm.=Cyathula prostrata Blume. This is certainly 

 the correct disposition of it. Other names involved in the 

 reduction are Cyathula geniculata Lour., Desmochaete prostrata 

 R. & S., and Pupalia prostrata Mart., all synonyms of Cyathula 

 prostrata (Linn.) Blume. 



AERVA * Forskal 



AERVA SANGU INOLENTA (Linn.) Blume Bijdr. (1825) 547. 

 Achyranthes sanguinolenta Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 294. 

 Illecebrum sanguinolentum Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 344. 

 Verbena rubra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 60, t. 27, f. 2. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 Verbena rubra Rumph. is cited by Linnaeus in the original 

 description of Achyranthes sanguinolenta Linn., but the species 

 was manifestly based on an actual specimen, because of the 

 description added ; Verbena rubra Rumph., therefore, cannot be 

 interpreted as the type of the species. This reduction of Ver- 

 bena rubra Rumph. is certainly the correct disposition of it, and 

 under one or the other of the above synonyms has been accepted 

 by all authors. 



ACHYRANTHES Linnaeus 



ACHYRANTHES ASPERA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 204. 



Auris canina II mas Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 27, t. 12, f. 1. 



This common and well-known weed is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections. Auris canina II mas was originally 

 reduced by Linnaeus to Achyranthes aspera Linn., in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1754) 26, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 134, Mant. 2 

 (1771) 344, which is undoubtedly the correct disposition of it. 

 Other authors, however, have referred it as follows: Lamarck 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Comacum Adans. (1763) is older. 



