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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



two specimens cited above, yet they are apparently referable to 

 the same species. The Rumphian figure is poor, but the short 

 description applies closely to Macaranga involucrata Baill. 

 Lamarck, Encycl. 2 (1786) 206, referred it, with doubt, to Croton 

 mauritianum Lam.; while Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. I 2 (1859) 385, 

 thought that it might be Claoxylon indicum Hassk. 



ACALYPHA Linnaeus 



ACALYPHA AMENTACEA Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 676. 



Acalypha stipulacea Klotz. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Suppl. 1: 416. 



Acalypha amboynensis Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 233. 

 Achyranthes spiciflora Burm. Index Alt. Herb. Amb. (1769) [5] 



(type!), non Acalypha spiciflora Burm. f. 

 Cauda felis agrestis rubra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 84, t. 37, f. 1. 

 Cauda felis agrestis alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 84, t. '37, f. 2. 

 Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 353, 354, July 22, 1913, along river 

 banks at low altitudes in the vicinity of the town of Amboina, locally known 

 as ekor kuching and ekor tusa. 



Apparently but a single species is represented by the two forms 

 figured and described by Rumphius, and I consider both to be 

 referable to Acalypha amentacea Roxb., the type of which was 

 from the Moluccas. At the same time I do not see how the 

 Philippine Acalypha stipulacea Klotz. can be distinguished speci- 

 fically from the Amboina form, Klotzsch's species having been 

 reported from as far to the southeast as New Guinea. Acalypha 

 amboynensis Benth. and probably the Amboina specimen re- 

 ferred by Bentham to Acalypha grandis Benth. doubtless are 

 referable here. It is to be noted, however, that J. Mueller re- 

 duced Acalypha amentacea Roxb. to Acalypha fruticosa Forsk., 

 but the range of Forskal's species militates very greatly against 

 the correctness of this reduction. Cauda felis agrestis rubra 

 was reduced by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 79, to Acalypha 

 grandis Benth., and no other disposition of it has been suggested. 

 Cauda felis agrestis alba has been considered by numerous 

 authors, but with little uniformity of opinion. Burman f., Fl. 

 Ind. (1768) 203, erroneously placed it under Acalypha spiciflora 

 Burm. f.=Cleidion spiciflorum (Burm. f.) comb. nov. (Cleidion 

 javanicum Blume!). Linnaeus, Mant. 2 (1771) 127, erroneously 

 placed it under Caturus spiciflorus Linn., which is a synonym of 

 Acalypha hispida Burm., in which reduction he was followed by 

 a few authors. Retzius, Obs. 5 (1789) 30, placed it under 

 Acalypha betulina Retz., a species based on Ceylon specimens 

 collected by Koenig and a synonym of Acalypha fruticosa Forsk. ; 



