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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOIfcENSE 



America. Linnaeus reduced the Rumphian figure to both his 

 Cassia tora and Cassia obtusifolia, the latter being a synonym of 

 the former. It is considered as Cassia tora Linn., in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1754) 22, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 131, Syst. ed. 

 10 (1759) 1016, and as Cassia obtusifolia Linn, in his Species 

 Plantarum, ed. 2 (1762) 539. The early authors, following 

 Linnaeus for the most part, considered it as Cassia obtusifolia 

 Linn., but practically all recent authors have properly placed 

 it under Cassia tora Linn. 



CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 377. 



Gallinaria acutifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 283, t. 97, f. 1. 

 Amboina, along the beach near the town of Amboina, Robinson PI. 

 Rumph. Amb. 53U, August 8, 1913; also represented by Rel. Robins. 2519 

 from Bali Island, July 7, 1913. 



Linnaeus originally reduced Gallinaria acutifolia to Cassia 

 sophera Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 22, Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 131, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1017, Sp. PL ed. 2 

 (1762) 542, in which he was consistently followed by all early 

 authors. Vogel, Hasskarl, and Miquel, however, have correctly 

 placed it as Cassia occidentalis Linn., which, like the preceding 

 species, is a pantropic weed of American origin. 



CASSIA GLAUCA Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 647. 

 Fios flavus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 63, t. 23. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 The figure, however, is unmistakably that of Cassia glauca Lam., 

 where it was definitely placed by Miquel and by Hasskarl. Bur- 

 man f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 96, erroneously reduced it to Cassia plani- 

 siliqua, or at least Cassia planisiliqua Burm. f. is entirely dif- 

 ferent from Cassia planisiliqua Linn. Lamarck, Encycl. 1 

 (1785) 644, suggests its comparison with Cassia chinensis Lam., 

 but it certainly is not this, although the exact status of Cassia 

 chinensis Lam. is doubtful; from the description it may be 

 Cassia occidentalis Linn., although Bentham thought it might 

 be Cassia sophera Linn. 



CASSIA SOPHERA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 379. 

 Soffera Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 55. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 The plant described by Rumphius is probably the common and 

 widely distributed Cassia sophera Linn., as indicated by Hass- 

 karl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 75. 



