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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



Linnaeus originally reduced Folium lunatum minus Rumph. to 

 Menispermum carolinum Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 18, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 128, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 992, 

 which is a wholly erroneus disposition of it. Willdenow, Sp. 

 PL 4 2 (1805 ) 825, with equal error, placed it under Menispermum 

 cocculus Linn. Lamarck made it the type of Menispermum 

 glaucum, this species being based wholly on Rumphius's 

 description and figure, so that in turn it becomes the type of 

 Cocculus glaucus DC. and Pericampylus glaucus Merr. Diels 

 placed Folium lunatum minus Rumph. = Cocculus glaucus. DC. 

 =Menispermum glaucum Lam. as a probable synonym of Peri- 

 campylus incanus (Colebr.) Miers; Engl. Pflanzenreich 46 

 (1910) 217. After a careful study of the original description, 

 figure, and the Amboina material cited above, I am able definitely 

 to affirm that this is the correct disposition of the above names, 

 but Lamarck's specific name being much the oldest is here 

 adopted. 



STEPHANIA Loureiro 



STEPHANIA FORSTERI (DC.) A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 



(1854) 36. 



Cocculus forsteri DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 517. 

 Convolvulus laevis III Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 432. 

 Amboina, Paso and near the town of Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. 

 Amb. U87, July and October, 1913, in thickets along the seashore. 



The identification of Convolvulus laevis III has been made 

 largely by exclusion, although Rumphius's description, as far 

 as it goes, applies unmistakably to the specimen cited above. 

 Moreover, the species has been previously collected in Amboina 

 by Dolleschal, and extends from Java to the Philippines, northern 

 Australia, and Polynesia. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 

 143, thought that Convolvulus laevis III might be Cyclea peltata 

 Hook. f. & Th.=Cyclea wallichii Diels, a species extending from 

 India to the Nicobar and Andaman Islands. 



TINOSPORA Miers 



TINOSPORA RUM PHI I Boerl. in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (1901) 116, excl. 



syn. Menispermum crispum Linn, et Cocculus crispus DC. 

 Funis felleus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 82, t. UU, /. 1. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 According to Rumphius's statement it was an introduced plant 

 there, perhaps originating in Java. Funis felleus is cited by 

 Linnaeus in the original description of Menispermum crispum 

 Lmn.=Cocculus crispus T>C.=Tinospora crispa Miers; but, while 

 the plate and figure are quoted correctly, the name is erroneously 



