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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



a species that has consistently been misinterpreted by modern 

 authors on account of de Candolle's original insufficient descrip- 

 tion. The drawing apparently represents two species. The 

 infructescence and fruits shown on the right-hand branch are 

 distinctly different from those shown on the left-hand branch; 

 the former is apparently Desmodium ormocarpoides auct., non 

 BC.=Desmodium zonatum Miq.,* and the latter is typical D. 

 ormocarpoides DC. (D. dependens Blume) . 



DESMODIUM UMBELLATUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 325. 

 Hedysarum umbellatum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 747. 

 Aeschynomene arborea Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 713, non Desmodium 

 arboreum Sweet. 



Dendrolobium umbellatum W. & A. ex Benth. Pi. Jungh. (1852) 216. 

 Meibomia umbellata 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 1 (1891) 197. 

 Folium crocodili latifoiium Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 112, t. 52. 

 Folium crocodili parvifollum Rumph. 1. c. 113. 



Amboina, Paso, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 560, October 21, 1913, along 

 the seashore; Ayer putri, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 559, July 28, 1913. 



Folium crocodili Rumph. was originally reduced by Linnaeus 

 to Hedysarum umbellatum Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 17, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 127, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 1170, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1053, which, as Desmodium umbella- 

 tum (Linn.) DC, is certainly the correct dispositon of it. 

 Miquel, FL Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 263, erroneously placed it under 

 Dendrolobium cephalotes Benth. The two forms described by 

 Rumphius as latifoiium and parvifolium are manifestly referable 

 to the same species. 



DESMODIUM TRIQUETRUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326. 



Hedysarum triquetrum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 746. 

 Pteroloma triquetrum Benth. in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1852) 220. 

 Meibomia triquetra O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 1 (1891) 197. 

 Phaseolus montanus VI, VII Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 146. 



Amboina, Soja road, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 557, August 1, 1913, 

 on hillsides, altitude 200 to 300 meters. 



The reduction of Phaseolus montanus VI to Hedysarum tri- 

 quetrum Linn, was first made by Loureiro, FL Cochinch. (1790) 

 448, which, as Desmodium triquetrum (Linn.) DC, is certainly 

 the correct disposition of it. Phaseolus montanus VII was first 



* At the time of publication of this the continuation of Gagnepain's paper 

 in Not. Syst. 3, no. 9, has not reached me, so I am not certain that Des- 

 modium zonatum Miq. is the name selected by him for Desmodium ormo- 

 carpoides auct., non DC. 



