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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



is poor and presents the leaves relatively much narrower than in 

 the species as here interpreted. Henschel and Pritzel erro- 

 neously reduced Machilus angustifolia Rumph. to Tetranthera 

 angustifolia WsL\\.==Actinodaphne angustifolia Nees. 



ACTI NODAPH N E Nees 



ACTI NODAPH N E RUM PHI I Blume Mus. Bot. 1 (1851) 344. 



Arbor spiculorum aeruginea Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 167, t. 106. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 Blume made this reduction of the Rumphian illustration in the 

 original description of Actinodaphne rumphii Blume, which was 

 based on material from the Moluccas, probably Amboina. He 

 cites the Rumphian name as Arbor spiculorum angustifolia, but 

 the figure manifestly goes with the form called by Rumphius 

 Arbor spiculorum aeruginea. 



ACTINODAPHNE MOLUCCANA Blume Mus. Bot. 1 (1851) 344 (type!). 

 Arbor spiculorum latifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 167. 



A species of very doubtful status, based wholly on Rumphius's 

 description. The third form described by Rumphius in this 

 chapter as Arbor spiculorum angustifolia brevifolia is entirely 

 doubtful, but is probably a lauraceous plant. 



CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 



CRYPTOCARYA sp.? 



Lauraster amboinensis maxima Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 70, t. 15. 



Nothing resembling this is presented in our Amboina collec- 

 tions. The species described and figured by Rumphius is cer- 

 tainly a lauraceous plant and is probably a Cryptocarya, judging 

 from the rather crude figure. Local names cited by Rumphius 

 are leytun, hiber, hiyr, ittir, ayhoo-ittil, and ley itir, so that 

 it is very probable that the species can later be located through 

 one of the above names. The form described in the same 

 chapter as Lauraster amboinensis minor probably represents an 

 entirely different species, possibly also a Cryptocarya; its status 

 is quite uncertain and cannot be determined from data at present 

 available. 



MASSOIA Beccari 



MASSOIA AROMATICA Becc. in d'Albertis New Guinea 2 (1880) 398. 

 Cortex oninius s. massoy Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 62. 



The reduction has been made from the characters given by 

 Rumphius and the name massoy cited by him. The status of 



