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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



descriptions apply unmistakably to this well-marked species. 

 Camunium sinense Rumph. was cited by Loureiro as a synonym 

 of Aglaia odorata Lour, in the original description of that species, 

 in which reduction he has been followed by practically all 

 authors, as it is manifestly the correct disposition of it. Vitex 

 pinnata Linn., Sp. PL (1753) 638, is cited in Index Kewensis 

 as a synonym of Aglaia odorata Lour., but it is not clear on what 

 grounds. It is based wholly on Pistacio-vitex Linn., Fl. Zeyl. 

 No. Jfl5, the description of which is clearly a Vitex, certainly 

 no meliaceous plant. Trimen, FL Ceyl. 3 (1895) 358, after 

 examining Hermann's specimen, considers it to be a variety of 

 Vitex altissima Linn. f. Druce, Bot. Exch. Club (1914) 413, 

 has erroneously transferred Vitex pinnata Linn, to Aglaia as 

 A. pinnata (Linn.) Druce, as the equivalent of Aglaia odorata 

 Lour. Tsjiulang, as described by Rumphius in the Auctuarium 

 is clearly the same as Camunium sinense Rumph., the common 

 name of the latter being also tsjiulang. Hasskarl, Neue Schlus- 

 sel (1866) 190, thought that it might be Aglaia odorata Lour, 

 or Aglaia odoratissima Blume. 



AGLAIA SILVESTRIS (Roem.) comb. nov. § Euaglaia. 



Lansium silvestre Roem. Hesper. (1846) 99, ex Hassk. Neue Schlussel 



(1866) 20 (type!). 

 Lansium silvestre Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 153, t. 55. 

 Amboina, Hitoe lama, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. U90 y October 11, 1913, 

 in forests, altitude about 150 meters. 



Arbor circiter 16 m alta, ramulis et petiolis et inflorescentiis 

 dense uniformiter cupreo- vel brunneo-lepidotis ; foliis circiter 

 30 cm longis, foliolis circiter 12, suboppositis, oblongis, tenuiter 

 acuminatis, vetustioribus utrinque glabris, usque ad 13 cm lon- 

 gis; paniculis 20 ad 25 cm longis, anguste pyramidatis, multi- 

 floris; floribus 5-meris, breviter pedicellatis, in ramulis ultimis 

 racemose dispositis, calycis profunde obtuse 5-dentatis; tubo 

 subellipsoideo, glabro, libero. 



A tree about 16 m high, the branchlets, petioles and rachis, 

 and inflorescence densely and uniformly cupreous- or brownish- 

 lepidote, the indumentum, however, not at all stellate-hairy. 

 Leaves alternate, about 30 cm long, 6- or 7- jugate; leaflets 

 firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, subopposite, oblong, 8 to 

 13 cm long, 3 to 3.8 cm wide, rather pale when dry, shining, 

 base acute to somewhat rounded, sometimes slightly inequi- 

 lateral, apex slenderly long-acuminate, the acumen 1 to 1.5 

 cm long, the lower surface browner than the upper, at maturity 

 wholly glabrous; lateral nerves about 14 on each side of the 

 midrib; petiolules 2 to 4 mm long. Panicles terminal and in 



