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the specific name, however, was unquestionably taken from 

 Rumphius. Prain * cites Inga clypearia Jack as a doubtful 

 synonym of Pithecolobium clypearia Benth., but if Inga clypearia 

 Jack should prove to be different from Pithecolobium clypearia 

 Benth. as currently interpreted, then the specific name will go 

 with Jack's species. Adenanthera circinnalis DC. is based 

 wholly on Clypearia rubra Rumph., and both are cited by 

 Bentham as synonyms of Pithecolobium clypearia (Jack) Benth., 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 580. 



ALBIZZIA Durazzini 



ALBIZZIA SAPONARIA (Lour.) Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat 1 1 (1855) 19. 



Mimosa saponaria Lour. FL Cochinch. (1790) 653. 



Inga saponaria Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 1008. 



Cortex saponarius Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 131, t. 66. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 523, August 13, 1913, 

 on limestone formation, altitude about 30 meters, in flower; Hatiwe, 

 Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 52U, September 15, 1913, in forests, altitude 

 about 300 meters, in fruit, locally known as langir. 



Mimosa saponaria Lour, was described from a Cochin-China 

 specimen, which has been universally considered, and probably 

 is, identical with the form that Rumphius described. Loureiro 

 also cites the Rumphian plant as representing his species, while 

 Cochin-China material in various herbaria is identical with the 

 common Philippine and Moluccan form of the species. 



ALBIZZIA FALCATA (Linn.) Backer comb. nov. 



Adenanthera falcata Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 14, Amoen. 



Acad. 4 (1759) 124, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1020 (type!). 

 Adenanthera falcataria Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 550 (type!). 

 Albizzia moluccana Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 26; Koord. in Meded. 



Lands Plantent. 19 (1898) 419. 

 Clypearia alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 176, t. 111. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 However, after a very careful study of Rumphius's description 

 I have definitely concluded that the form he described and 

 figured is identical with Albizzia moluccana Miq., a species 

 originally described from leaf specimens only, but of which 

 Koorders has given an ample and detailed description. Mr. 

 Backer in connection with his study of the Leguminosae of 

 Java has independently reached the same conclusion. In all 

 botanical literature the Rumphian Clypearia alba has been cited 

 under Adenanthera falcata Linn, and A. falcataria Linn., both 



*Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 274. 



