NYCTAGINACEAE 



215 



to Achyranthes fruticosa Lam. ; Hasskarl to Achyranthes biden- 

 tata Blume var. elongata Hassk. and to Achyranthes javanica 

 Moq. 



ALTERNANTHERA Forskal 



ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS (Linn.) R. Br. ex R. & S. Syst. 5 (1819) 

 554. 



Gomphrena sessilis Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 225. 

 Illecebrum sessile Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 300. 



Olus squillarum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 37, t. 15, f. 1 (incl. / majus 

 et 77 minus) . 



Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 134, near the town of Amboina, 

 July and August, 1913, in ditches and in sago swamps at low altitudes. 



Linnaeus originally reduced Olus squillarum Rumph. to Gom- 

 phrena sessilis Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 24, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 134, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 950, which, 

 as Alternanthera sessilis (Linn.) R. Br., is surely the correct 

 disposition of it. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 158, thought 

 that the description agreed better with Alternanthera nodi flora 

 R. Br. than with A. sessilis R. Br. and that Olus squillarum II 

 minus Rumph. was referable to Alternanthera nodiflora R. Br. 

 var. lineari folia Moq. Alternanthera sessilis R. Br. is not 

 published in the Prodromus (1810) 417, as currently indicated 

 in botanical literature. 



GOMPHRENA Linnaeus 



GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 224. 



Flos globosus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 289, t. 100, f. 2. 



Flos globosus albus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 290. 

 ■ Amboina, Negri lama, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 132, September 8, 

 1913, in fields at low altitudes, locally known as knop. 



This reduction of Flos globosus Rumph. was originally made 

 by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 22, Amoen. Acad. 

 4 (1759) 131, is certainly the correct disposition of it, and has 

 been universally accepted by authors who have had occasion 

 to cite Rumphius's illustration and description. 



NYCTAGINACEAE 



MIRABILIS Rivinus 



M I RABI LIS JALAPA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 177. 

 Mirabilis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 253, t. 89. 



This commonly cultivated plant is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections. The figure given by Rumphius is an ex- 

 cellent representation of this well-known species. The reduc- 



