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Merr. (0. sennoides DC.), but the Rumphian figure and descrip- 

 tion manifestly apply to Ormocarpum glabrum T. & B. The 

 oldest specific name, however, if this form be maintained as 

 distinct from Ormocarpum cochinchinense, is that supplied by 

 Parkinsonia orientate Spreng., which was based wholly on the 

 Rumphian figure and description. 



ARACHIS Linnaeus 



ARACHIS HYPOGAEA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 741. 



Chamaebalanus japonica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 426, t. 156, f. 2. 



The common peanut is not represented in our Amboina col- 

 lections, although doubtless it is still cultivated there as it is 

 in most warm countries. The reduction of the Rumphian figure 

 was first made by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 24, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 132, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1167, which has 

 been followed by all authors except Loureiro, who proposed to 

 call it Arachis asiatica Lour., Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 430. Lou- 

 reiro's species is manifestly a synonym of Arachis hypogaea 

 Linn. 



DESMODIUM * Desvaux 



DESMODIUM ORMOCARPOIDES DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327, non auct. plur. 

 Desmodium ormocarpoides Desv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 1825 (1826) 



307, non auct. plur. 

 Hedysarum adhaerens Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 15, non 

 Vahl. 



Desmodium dependens Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 248. 

 Phaseolus montanus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: quoad t. 66 p. p. (excl. 

 descr. ! ) . 



Amboina, Way tommo, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 555, August 16, 1913. 

 in light woods at low altitudes; Amahoesoe, PI. Rumph. Amb. 556, August 

 30, 1913, at low altitudes, locally known as rumpit makal. 



The plant figured by Rumphius does not agree with any of 

 the eight forms described under the name Phaseolus montanus. 

 Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 164, referred the figure to Hedysarum 

 gangeticum Linn. =Desm,odium gangeticum (Linn.) DC, in 

 which he was followed by numerous authors; this reduction, 

 however, is entirely wrong. The figure is, for the most part, 

 an excellent representation of Desmodium dependens Blume, 

 which was originally described from specimens originating in 

 the Moluccas and in New Guinea, which Gagnepain, Not. Syst. 

 3 (1916) 256, has recently shown to be exactly the form described 

 by de Candolle and by Desvaux as Desmodium ormocarpoides, 



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



