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Rumphius's description of Cananga silvestris III latifolia, and 

 Blume redescribed it from Javan material as Uvaria latifolia 

 Blume, followed by Hooker f. and Thomson, Miquel, and King, 

 as Melodorum lati folium (Dunal) Hook. f. & Th. It is probable 

 that Melodorum latifolium Hook. f. & Th., as described in 

 modern botanical literature, is the same as the form described by 

 Rumphius, the original basis of the species; yet no botanical 

 material from Amboina representing the species as it is at 

 present understood seems to be extant, and the exact status of 

 Unona latifolia Dunal must await further botanical exploration 

 of Amboina. 



AN NONA Linnaeus 



ANNONA RETICULATA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 537. 

 Anona Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1 : 136, t. J^5. 



This commonly cultivated fruit tree is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections, but like the next, it doubtless still occurs 

 there, as both are widely distributed in the Malayan region. 

 Anona Rumph. was first reduced to Annona reticulata Linn., 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 7, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 119, 

 Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1083, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 757, which is 

 certainly the correct disposition of it. De Candolle, Syst. 1 

 (1818) 474, placed it under Annona mucosa Aub\.= Rollinia mu- 

 cosa Baill., in this erroneous reduction being followed by Don, 

 Henschel, Dietrich, and Pritzel. 



ANNONA SQUAMOSA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 537. 



Anona tuberosa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 138, t. 4.6. 



Like the above, this commonly cultivated plant is not repre- 

 sented in our Amboina collections. Anona tuberosa Rumph. 

 was first reduced by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 7, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 119; this reduction has been con- 

 sistently followed by most authors and is certainly the correct 

 disposition of the species. 



MYRISTICACEAE 

 MYRISTICA * Linnaeus 



MYRISTICA FRAGRANS Houtt. Handleid. 2 3 (1774) 333. 



Myristica officinalis Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 265. 



Myristica moschata Thunb. Act. Holm. (1782) 45. 



Myristica aromatica Lam. Act. Paris (1788) 155. 



Nux myristica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 14, t. 4. 

 Amboina, Kati-kati and Way tommo, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 245, 

 246, August and October, 1913, from cultivated plants, altitude 50 to 60 

 meters, locally known as pala. 



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



