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be a very characteristic species, judging from the description of 

 the fruits, which are stated to be twice as large as those of 

 Pterocarpus indicus Willd., "quatuor vel quinque digitos transver- 

 sales lati." Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 41, has suggested 

 that it may be Pterocarpus obtusatus Miq., which after all may 

 be the correct disposition of it. Miquel's description is so very 

 imperfect that no definite conception of his species can be gained 

 from the description alone. I suggest that it may be F. Mueller's 

 species, which is supposed to have large fruits. Pterocarpus 

 blancoi Merr. should also be very closely allied. Dr. Alfred J. 

 Ewart has kindly sent me a leaflet from the type of Pterocarpus 

 papuanus F.-Muell., which is preserved in the national herbarium 

 at Melbourne. The leaflet very closely resembles those of 

 Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Doctor Ewart states that there are 

 no fruits with the specimen, and the size of the fruits is not 

 indicated by Mueller in the original description of the species. 



PTEROCARPUS SANTALI N US Linn. f. Suppl. (1881) 318. 

 Sandalum rubrum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 47. 



This is undoubtedly the correct disposition of Sandalum rub- 

 rum, as suggested by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 47. It 

 was not from Amboina. 



PONGAMIA * Ventenat 



PON GAM I A PIN NAT A (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Cytisus pinnatus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 741. 

 Robinia mitis Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1044. 



Galedupa indica Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 594, excl. syn. Caju galedupa 

 Rumph. 



Dalbergia arbor ea Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1803) 901. 

 Pongamia glabra Vent. Jard. Malm. 1 (1803) 28, t. 28. 

 Galedupa pinnata Taub. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3 3 (1891) 

 344. 



Caju pinnatum 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 1 (1891) 167. 

 Pongamia mitis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 101. 

 Malaparius Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 183, t. 117. 

 Malaparius e Nussanive Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 184. 



Amboina, Eri and Amahoesoe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 24-3, August 

 and September, 1913, along the seashore, with normal fruits and with 

 galls (Malaparius e Nussanive Rumph.!). 



Desrouss, in Lamarck Encycl. 3 (1791) 689, thought that Mala- 

 parius might be near Pterocarpus ; and Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 

 (1790) 431, erroneously cites it under his Pterocarpus fiavus, 

 a species of doubtful status, this reduction being followed, how- 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Galedupa Lam. (1786) is older. 



