262 RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



and Hermann's specimen is not Caesalpinia crista Linn, as 

 currently interpreted, but is C. nuga Ait. ; see Trimen, Fl. Ceyl. 

 2 (1894) 99. However, the other references in the Species 

 Plantarum and the first reference in the Flora Zeylanica, Pluk. 

 Aim. U. t. 2 f. 2, are apparently Caesalpinia crista Linn, as 

 generally understood, so that Caesalpinia crista Linn, is here 

 maintained for the plant so described by all authors; see 

 page 260. 



ORMOSIA * Jackson 



ORMOSIA CALAVENSIS Azaola ex Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 230. 

 Pongamia (?) corallaria Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 149 (type!). 

 Corallaria latifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 175, t. 110. 



This characteristic species is not represented in our Amboina 

 collections. The reduction to Ormosia calavensis Azaola is made 

 after a careful study of Rumphius's figure and description and 

 a comparison with a very full series of specimens from northern 

 Luzon to southern Mindanao and from the Palau Islands. 

 Corallaria latifolia is the whole basis of Pongamia corallaria 

 Miq., so this specific name is available should future botanical 

 exploration of the Moluccas yield material that shows the plant 

 Rumphius described to be specifically distinct from that of the 

 Philippine and the Palau Islands. Teysmann, quoted by 

 Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 63, referred it to the genus 

 Macropteris, this being a synonym of Ormosia. 



SOPH OR A Linnaeus 



SOPHORA TOM ENTOSA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 373. 

 Anticholerica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 60. t. 22. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 5J>5, October 31, 1913, along 

 the seashore. 



Anticholerica of Rumphius has been confused by most authors, 

 following Linnaeus, with Sophora heptaphylla Linn. It is 

 typical Sophora tomentosa Linn. It was originally reduced 

 by Linnaeus to Sophora heptaphylla, in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 16, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 126, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 1015, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 533, in which he was followed by all 

 authors up to 1825, when de Candolle, Prodromus 2 : 96, suggested 

 that" the Rumphian figure referred to Sophora tomentosa Linn. 

 Sophora heptaphylla Linn, is in itself a mixture. The type is 

 FL Zeyl. 10U, and Hermann's specimen on which it is based is 

 Derris sinuata Benth.-^Derris heptaphylla (Linn.) Merr., 

 page 273. 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Toulichiba Adans. (1763) is older. 



