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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



SAPINDACEAE * 



CARDIOSPERMUM Linnaeus 



CARDIOSPERMUM H ALICACABU M Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 366. 



Halicacabus peregrinus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 61, t. 2J>, f. 2. 



This common and well-known species is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections. The reduction of the Rumphian Halica- 

 cabus 'peregrinus was first made by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. 

 Amb. (1754) 26, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 134, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 1007, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 525, which has been followed by all 

 succeeding authors. The exact form figured by Rumphius is 

 apparently Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn. var. microcarpum 

 Blume. 



ALLOPHYLUS Linnaeus 



ALLOPHYLUS TIMORENSIS (DC.) Blume Rumphia 3 (1847) 130 (emend. 

 Radlk.). 



Schmidelia timorensis DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 611. 



Ampacus litorea prima Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 188. 

 Amboina, near the town of Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 53, 

 August 8, 1913, along the beach, with the doubtful native names biking ubat 

 and kaya besi. 



The position of this form, as described by Rumphius, has 

 not previously been indicated, but Ampacus litorea prima is 

 unquestionably identical with Allophylus timorensis (DC.) 

 Blume. 



ALLOPHYLUS TERN AT US (Forst.) Radlk. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflan- 

 zenfam. 3 5 (1895) 313. 

 Aporetica ternata Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 132. 

 Allophylus amboinensis Blume Rumphia 3 (1847) 129. 

 Ampacus litorea (angustifolia) minor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 189. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 52, September 18, 

 1913, along the beach. Another form of the same species is represented 

 by Rel. Robins. 1603, from Paso, Amboina, Oct. 29, 1913, with elongated 

 racemes, approaching Allophylus leptococcus Blume. 



Blume, Rumphia 3 (1847) 129, referred Ampacus litorea 

 (angustifolia) minor to his Allophylus amboinensis, which is 

 an exact synonym of Allophylus ternatus (Forst.) -Radlk. 

 Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. I 2 (1859) 575, referred it to Allophylus 

 timorensis (DC.) Blume, but Ampacus litorea prima Rumph. is 

 manifestly Allophylus timorensis Blume, while the form from 

 Leytimor is surely A. ternatus Radlk. (A. amboinensis Blume). 



It is to be noted that Ampacus angustifolius Rumph., Herb. 



* I am indebted to Dr. L. Radlkofer for the identifications of the speci- 

 mens cited in this family. 



