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Endospermum moluccanum (Teysm. & Binn.) Becc, the type 

 of Capellania moluccana Teysm. & Binn. being from the Mo- 

 luccas. Teysmann, quoted by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 

 45, thought that it was referable to Tournefortia. 



EXCOECARIA Linnaeus 



EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA Linn. Syst. ed 10 (1759) 1288, Amoen. Acad. 

 4 (1759) 122, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1451 (type!). 

 Arbor excoecans Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 237, t. 79 <$, t. 80 ?. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 385, October 29, 1913, along 

 the seashore, locally known as kayu matta buta. 



The Rumphian illustration and description are the whole 

 basis of Excoecaria agallocha Linn, as originally published by 

 Linnaeus. The reduction, certainly correct, has been accepted 

 by all authors. The form briefly described by Rumphius as 

 Arbor excoecans (II variegata), Herb. Amb. 2: 239, can scarcely be 

 other than this species. 



HOMALANTHUS Jussieu 



HOM ALANTH US POPULNEUS (Geisel.) Pax in Engl. & Prantl Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. 3 6 (1890) 96, /. 60. 



Stillingia populnea Geisel. Croton. Monogr. (1807) 80. 

 Carumbium populneum Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 1144. 

 Frutex excoecans Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 130, t. 65. 

 Amboina, Koesoekoesoe sereh, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 329, October 3, 

 1913, in light forests, locally known as daun matta bali. 



Teysmann, quoted by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 85, 

 reduced Frutex excoecans Rumph. to Carumbium populifolium 

 Reinw., which is a synonym of Homalanthu^ populneus (Geisel.) 

 Pax. The Amboina form appears to be typical Homalanthus 

 populneus Pax [that is, var. genuinus Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 52 (1912) 46], which extends from the Malay Peninsula to Java, 

 Sumatra, Borneo, and Celebes. 



PIMELEODENDRON Hasskarl 



PIMELEODENDRON AMBOINICUM Hassk. Versl. en Med. Akad. Ams- 

 terdam 4 (1855) 140. 

 Carumbium amboinicum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1859) 413. 

 Arbor pinguis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 249, t. 83. 

 Amboina, Hoenoet, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 174, October 13, 1913, at 

 low altitudes, locally known as mamina. 



Arbor pinguis Rumph. was first correctly placed by Hasskarl 

 as a synonym of Pimeleodendron amboinicum Hassk. Desrouss, 

 in Lam. Encycl. 3 (1791) 693, thought that it might belong in 



