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by Linnaeus to Phaseolus max, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 23, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 132, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1162, Sp. 

 PL ed. 2 (1763) 1018, in which he was followed by Burman 

 f., Willdenow, Persoon, Poiret, Don, and other authors. Lour- 

 eiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 441, correctly referred it to Dolichos 

 soja Linn., which is a synonym of Phaseolus max Linn. =Glycine 

 max (Linn.) Merr. By Henschel and by Pritzel it has been 

 also correctly referred to Soja hispida Moench., another synonym 

 of Glycine max Merr. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 197, 

 erroneously referred it to Phaseolus radiatus Linn. 



Phaseolus max Linn, has been considered a true Phaseolus and 

 a synonym of P. radiatus Linn, by nearly all recent authors. 

 It is clearly the soy bean, identical with Glycine hispida Maxim., 

 and the specific name max should be maintained for the soy 

 bean, whether Glycine or Soja be recognized as its generic name. 

 Piper has declared in favor of the genus Soja, chiefly for the 

 reason that of the eight species originally described by Linnaeus 

 in Glycine, but a single one, G. javanica Linn., now remains in 

 the genus, the other seven having been removed by subsequent 

 authors to Apios, Kraunhia, Abrus, Rhynchosia, Amphicarpaea, 

 and Fagelia, respectively. However, I am content to determine 

 the type of the genus Glycine by elimination, which well maintain 

 Glycine in its generally accepted sense with G. javanica Linn, 

 as its type. 



Prof. C. V. Piper has cleared up the synonymy of this com- 

 monly cultivated species; and with the aid of extensive data, 

 supplied by Sir David Prain, he has clearly shown that Phaseolus 

 max Linn, is identical with the commonly cultivated and well- 

 known soy bean.* 



ERYTHRINA Linnaeus 



ERYTHRINA FUSCA Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 427. 



Erythrina ovalifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 53, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 

 (1832) 254. 



Gelala aquatica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 235, t. 78. 



This characteristic species is not represented in our Amboina 

 collections. The reduction of Gelala aquatica was made by 

 Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 427, in the original description 

 of the species. Erythrina ovalifolia Roxb., the name commonly 

 employed in current botanical literature, is certainly a synonym. 



* For a very full discussion of the case see Piper, C. V. The name of 

 the soy bean; a chapter in its botanical history. Journ. Am. Soc. Agron. 

 6 (1914) 75-84. 



