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250 RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



being based wholly on Rumphius's description and figure. The 

 description, compiled wholly from Rumphius, is given under one 

 or the other of these names by Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 101, 

 Murr. Syst. (1771) 398, Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 76, Pers. Syn. 

 1 (1805) 461, Willd. Sp. PL 2 (1799) 550, DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 

 446, Don Gen. Syst. 2 (1832) 399, Dietr. Syn. 2 (1839-52) 1425, 

 Walp. Repert. 5 (1846) 580, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 47, 

 and Walp. Ann. 4 (1857) 613, yet the status of the species has 

 been very doubtful up to the present time. 



ALBIZZIA RETUSA Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 90. 



Albizzia littoralis T. & B. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 29 (1866) 259. 

 Clypearia maritima Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 199. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 I have very little doubt that this is the correct disposition of 

 Clypearia maritima, after the description and data given by 

 Rumphius. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 66, follows Rader- 

 macher in considering it an undetermined species of Adenan- 

 thera. The species is scattered along the seashore from the 

 Nicobar Islands through Malaya and the Philippines to the 

 Caroline Islands and has been reported from Amboina. 



ALBIZZIA PROCERA (Roxb.) Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 



89. 



Mimosa procera Roxb. PI. Coromandel 2 (1798) 12, t. 121. 

 Lignum murinum majus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 50, t. 28. 



Nothing resembling this occurs in our Amboina collections, 

 but I have not the slightest doubt that the plant figured is iden- 

 tical with Albizzia procera Benth., which extends from India 

 to tropical Australia. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 54, has 

 suggested that the Rumphian figure represents an Albizzia, but 

 otherwise no other author has suggested an identification of 

 Lignum murinum. 



The two other forms described, but not figured by Rumphius, 

 1. c. 50, 51, as Lignum murinum minus and Lignum murinum 

 parvifolium, probably also represent species of Albizzia, as sug- 

 gested by Miquel. Their status, however, cannot be definitely 

 determined from data at present available. 



Caju ticcos leytimorensis Rumph., Herb. Amb. 3 : 52, briefly de- 

 scribed by Rumphius, is suggested by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel 

 (1866) 50, as a possible synonym of Albizzia procera Benth. 

 The description of the pods and of the wood hardly conforms to 

 Roxburgh's species ; it probably is an Adbizzia, but its status must 

 remain doutbful pending further exploration of Amboina. 



