HERNANDIACEAE 



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Massoia as a genus is very uncertain. The form described by 

 Rumphius as Cortex oninius II may or may not be the same as 

 Massoia aromatica Becc. ; Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 28, 

 cites it under Cinnamomum kaimis Nees. 



CASSYTHA Linnaeus 



CASSYTHA FILIFORM IS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 35. 



Calodium cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 247. 



Cussuta s. cussutha indica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 491, t. 184, /• 4- 

 Amboina, Hatiwe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 472, September 4, 1913, 

 along the seashore. 



This reduction was first made by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. 

 Amb. (1754) 25, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 133, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 862, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 531, and this is manifestly the correct 

 disposition of Cussutha indica Rumph. Calodium cochinchin- 

 ensis Lour., under which Loureiro cited the Rumphian descrip- 

 tion and illustration, is a synonym of Cassytha filiformis Linn. 



HERNANDIACEAE 



HERNANDIA Plumier 



HERNANDIA OVIGERA Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 14, Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 125, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1264, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 

 1392 (type!). 



Arbor ovigera femina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 193, t. 123. 

 Amboina, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 476, a single specimen separated 

 from No. 477, Hernandia peltata Meisn. 



This represents the form figured by Rumphius and the one 

 described as Arbor ovigera femina. The Linnean species is 

 typified by the Rumphian figure and description, Hernandia 

 ovigera Linn, being based wholly on Arbor ovigera t. 123. 



HERNANDIA PELTATA Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 15 1 (1864) 263. 

 Arbor ovigera mas Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 193. 

 Amboina, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 477, August 8, 1913, along the 

 seashore near the town of Amboina, locally known as mata ipang or mata 

 ikang. 



The form described by Rumphius as Arbor ovigera mas is un- 

 mistakably Hernandia peltata Meisn., the leaves being definitely 

 described as peltate. It is strongly suspected that Hernandia 

 peltata Meisn. is not specifically distinct from Hernandia ovigera 

 Linn., but is merely a form with peltate leaves. It is assumed 

 that the specimen cited under Hernandia ovigera Linn, and the 

 one cited under H. peltata Meisn. came from the same tree. 



