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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



Mux myristica Rumph. has been cited by various authors under 

 all of the names listed above. Rumphius described five forms, 

 all apparently merely variants of the common nutmeg, although 

 Miquel referred Pala radja Rumph. to Myristica radja Miq., 

 Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1864) 206. Warburg, Nov. Act. 

 Akad. Naturf. 68 (1897) 453, considers the plant that Miquel 

 described to be Myristica speciosa Warb., not M. fragrans 

 Houtt. 



MYRISTICA FATUA Houtt. Handleid 2 3 (1774) 337. 

 Myristica tomentosa Thunb. Act. Holm. (1782) 46. 

 Myristica spadicea Blume Bijdr. (1825) 577. 

 Myristica macrophylla Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 846. 

 Nux myristica mas Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 24, t. 5. 



Nothing resembling Myristica fatua Houtt., as currently 

 interpreted, occurs in our Amboina collections. Nux myristica 

 mas has been referred by various authors to Myristica fatua 

 Houtt., M. tomentosa Thunb., M. officinalis Gaertn., M. philip- 

 pensis Lam., M. malabarica Lam., and M. moschata Thunb., the 

 reductions in all but the two cases first cited being erroneous. 

 The species is a well-known one, occurring in Banda, Amboina, 

 Tidore, and ( ?) Buru, and is cultivated in the botanic garden 

 at Buitenzorg, Java. 



HORSFI ELDI A Willdenow 



HORSFI ELDI A SYLVESTRIS (Houtt.) Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Naturf. 

 68 (1897) 337, t. 12, f. 1-6. 

 Myristica sylvestris Houtt. Handl. 2 3 (1774) 326. 

 Myristica salicifolia Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 871. 



Myristica pinnae formis Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2 (1865) 49. 

 Palala secunda Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 26, t. 6 (poor). 

 Amboina, Hitoe messen, Robinson PI. Rumph Amb. 235, November 1, 

 1913, in forested ravines, altitude about 100 meters. 



The Rumphian figure and description are perhaps the type of 

 Myristica sylvestris Houtt. (original publication not seen by me) ; 

 Myristica salicifolia Willd. is merely a new name for M . sylves- 

 tris Houtt. 



HORSFI ELDI A CAN ARI FORM IS (Blume) comb. nov. 



Myristica canariformis Blume Rumphia 1 (1835) 190 (type!). 

 Horsfieldia roxburghii Warb. in Nov. Act. Akad. Naturf. 68 (1897) 



277, t. 21, f. 1-2. 

 Palala quarta Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 27, t. 8. 

 Amboina, Hitoe messen, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 2U0, November 1, 

 1913, in forests, altitude about 175 meters. 



