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DERRIS HEPTAPHYLLA (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Sophora heptaphylla Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 373, excl. syn. Plukenet. 

 Pongamia sinuata Wall. Cat. (1832) no. 5911, nomen nudum. 

 Derris sinuata Benth. ex Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. (1859-64) 93. 

 Pterocarpus diadelphus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 563. 

 Derris diadelpha Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 103. 

 Funis convolutus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 69, t. 37, f. 1. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections, 

 but unquestionably Funis convolutus Rumph. is identical with 

 the widely distributed Indo-Malayan form commonly known as 

 Derris sinuata Benth. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 96, after 

 Miquel, has suggested that it may be the same as Derris montana 

 Benth., which is hardly possible in view of the characters and 

 geographic distribution of that species. The type of Sophora 

 heptaphylla Linn, is Fl. Zeyl. 10 U, and Hermann's specimen on 

 which Fl. Zeyl. 10U was based is Derris sinuata Benth. The 

 reference to Plukenet, included by Linnaeus in the original de- 

 scription as a doubtful synonym, cannot possibly be interpreted 

 as the type. 



DERRIS ELLIPTICA (Roxb.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1860) 

 Suppl. 111. 



Galedupa elliptica Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 53, nomen nudum, Fl. 



Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 242. 

 Tuba radicum alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 37, t. 23. 



This is not represented in our Amboina collections. The 

 figure is unmistakably that of a species of Derris, either identical 

 with, or very closely allied to, Derris elliptica Benth. The in- 

 dicated use of the plant, for poisoning fish, is also a Derris 

 character, several of the Malayan species being thus used, in- 

 cluding Derris elliptica Benth. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 

 92, considers the Rumphian figure and description to be referable 

 to Millettia sericea W. & A., but this reduction is certainly 

 incorrect. 



Perhaps referable to the same species of Derris as the above 

 is Tuba radicum nigra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5 : 38. It is used for 

 the same purposes as Tuba radicum alba, and is at least a species 

 of Derris. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 92, merely in- 

 dicated that it belongs in the Dalbergiae. 



INOCARPUS Forster 

 INOCARPUS EDULIS Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 66, t. 33. 

 Bocoa edulis Baill. Adansonia 9 (1868-70) 237. 

 Gajanus edulis O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL 1 (1891) 189. 

 Gajanus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 170 t. 65. 



Amboina, Hitoe lama, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 5U0, November, 1913, 



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