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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



Flindersia amboinensis Poir. from "III-A-7" and distributed 

 from that institution. 



MURRAYA * Koenig 



MURRAYA PAN ICULATA (Linn.) Jack in Malay Miscel. 1 (1820) 31. 



Chalcas paniculata Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 68. 



Chalcas camuneng Burm. f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 104. 



Murray a scandens Hassk. in Abh. Naturf. Gesellsch. Halle 9 (1866) 

 233 (Neue Schliissel 91) (type!). 



Camunium japonense Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 29, t. 18, f. 2. 



Camunium javanicum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 27. 



Camunium vulgare Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 26, t. 17. 

 AMBOINA, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 2h9, September 13, 1913, from 

 cultivated trees in the town of Amboina, locally known as kamuneng; exactly 

 Camunium japonense Rumph. ! 



While the figures given by Rumphius represent two distinct 

 forms, it is very doubtful whether or not two species are rep- 

 resented. Specimens are found in herbaria that apparently 

 present all intergradations between the form with small leaflets 

 (Camunium japonense Rumph.) and the form with fewer and 

 larger leaflets (Camunium vulgare Rumph.) . If but one species 

 be represented, then the oldest valid name is Murraya paniculata 

 (Linn.) Jack, and pending a critical revision of the genus it is 

 probably best to consider both forms described by Rumphius as 

 representing one variable species. 



Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 18, Amoen. Acad. 

 4 (1759) 128, erroneously reduced Camunium japonense to 

 Vitex pinnata Linn., the latter being given by some authors as 

 a synonym of Aglaia odorata Lour. However, Vitex pinnata 

 Linn, was based on Fl. Zeyi. 415, and Hermann's specimen is 

 Vitex altissima Linn.f The reduction of Camunium japonense 

 to Murraya exotica Linn, was made by Lamarck, Encycl. 4 

 (1797) 382, in which he has been followed by numerous authors. 



Camunium vulgare Rumph. was placed by Burman f., Fl. Ind. 

 (1768) 104, as a synonym of Chalcas camuneng, but Chalcas 

 camuneng Burm. f. was primarily based on Javan specimens 

 from cultivated plants. Linnaeus based his Chalcas paniculata 

 on Burman's species and also cited Rumphius. Whether the 

 form actually in Burman's hands was the one with small leaflets 

 (typical Murraya exotica Linn.) or with fewer and larger 

 leaflets is impossible to determine from the original descrip- 

 tion, but it was probably the former. Murraya sumatrana 



* Retained name, Brussels Congress; Camunium Adans. (1763), Chalcas 

 Linn. (1767), and Bergera Koenig (1771) are older, 

 f See Trimen, Fl. Ceyl. 3 (1895) 358. 



