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CROTALARIA Linnaeus 



CROTALARIA RETUSA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 715. 



Crotalaria I major Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 278, t. 96, f. I. 

 Amboina, Hatiwe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 5^7, September 4, 1913, 

 near the seashore; also represented by Rel. Robins. 2^6 A from Macassar, 

 Celebes. 



The reduction of the form of Crotalaria figured by Rumphius 

 to Crotalaria retusa Linn, was first made by Linnaeus, in Stick- 

 man Herb. Amb. (1754) 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, Syst. 

 ed. 10 (1759) 1159, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1004, and is certainly 

 the correct disposition of it. 



CROTALARIA QU I NQU EFOLI A Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 716. 

 Crotalaria II minor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 278. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 The reduction of the Rumphian description follows Hasskarl, 

 Neue Schlussel (1866) 121, which is manifestly the correct 

 disposition of it. 



CROTALARIA CHINENSIS Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1158. 

 Crotalaria III agrestis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 297. 

 Amboina, Soja road, Robinson PI. Rumph Amb. J+68, August 1, 1913, on 

 grassy hillsides, altitude about 200 meters. 



The identity of the recently collected material with Crotalaria 

 III agrestis is somewhat doubtful, as Rumphius's description is 

 short and imperfect. It cannot possibly be Crotalaria verrucosa 

 Linn., as placed by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 121. 



CROTALARIA LI N I FOLIA Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 322. 



Phaseolus montanus III Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 146. 



This suggested identification of Phaseolus montanus III is 

 scarcely more than a guess, but the description, with a slight 

 modification of the Latin translation, seems to apply very closely 

 to the form of Crotalaria linifolia Linn. f. described by Vogel 

 as C. stenophylla and by Matsumura as C. formosana. In the 

 Dutch description the fruits are described as "met twee rug- 

 gens," which I translate "with two ridges." The Latin descrip- 

 tion reads "cum binis alis," translated by Hasskarl as "bialatis." 

 With the modification of the description suggested by translating 

 "ruggens" as "ridges" instead of as "wings," there is nothing 

 in the entire description that does not apply to Crotalaria steno- 

 phylla Vogel. 



Phaseolus montanus IV Rumph. 1. c. is apparently but a dwarfed 

 form of Crotalaria linifolia Linn. f. 



