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ENTADA * Adanson 



ENTADA PHASEOLOIDES (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 

 Bot. 86. 



Lens phaseoloides Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 18, Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 128 (type!). 



Mimosa entada Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 518. 



Mimosa scandens Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1501. 



Entada scandens Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4 (1842) 332. 



Entada rumphii Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 32 (1871) 412. 



Faba marina major Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 5, t. J*. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 528, August, 28, 1913, 

 in flower, growing near the beach; Kati-kati, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 

 529, October 7, 1913, in flower and fruit, growing at an altitude of about 

 80 meters. 



The Rumphian plate is the whole basis of Lens phaseoloides 

 Linn., which supplies the oldest valid specific name for this 

 widely distributed species, although the name Lens phaseoloides 

 as published by Linnaeus was probably taken from Burman, 

 Thesaurus Zeylanicus (1737) 139. The original publication in 

 Stickman's Herbarium Amboinense is as follows : "5. Faba 

 marina. Lens phaseoloides ; proprii generis." As to the pro- 

 priety of taking up the generic name Lens in place of Entada, as 

 W. F. Wight proposes,! I have already fully discussed the mat- 

 ter and do not believe that Mr. Wight's proposal merits the 

 approval of ' botanists. J 



The form described by Rumphius as Parrana nigra, Herb. Amb. 

 5 : 7, may be an Entada as suggested by Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel 

 (1866) 89, but at any rate it is apparently entirely different 

 from Entada phaseoloides Merr. The description is too im- 

 perfect to warrant definite determination of its proper position. 



PARKIA R. Brown 

 PARKIA SPECIOSA Hassk. in Flora 25 (1842) Beibl. 55. 

 Arbor pete Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 51. 



The identification follows Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 50, 

 which is undoubtedly correct, as proved by the native names 

 cited by Rumphius and the indicated uses of the plant. 



CYNOMETRA Linnaeus 

 CYNOMETRA CAULI FLORA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 382. 

 Cynomorium Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 163, t. 62. 

 Amboina, from cultivated trees in the town of Amboina, Robinson PL 

 Rumph. Amb. 530, September 25, 1913, locally known as namu namu. 



* Retained name, Brussels Congress; Gigalobium Boehm. (1760) is older. 



f Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 308. 



$ Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 33; 9 (1914) Bot. 87. 



