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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



DODONAEA Linnaeus 



DODONAEA VISCOSA (Linn.) Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. (1760) 19. 



Ptelea viscosa Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 118. 



Caryophyllaster litoreus Rumph. erb. Am b. : ! ' t. ->0. 

 Amboina, Tandjong martafrons, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 1, October 

 16, 1913, along the beach, locally known as chenki laut. The exact form, 

 as determined by Doctor Radlkofer, is Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. var. vulgaris 

 Benth., forma repanda Radlk. 



The reduction of Caryophyllus litoreus to Ptelea viscosa Linn, 

 was first made by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 17, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 127, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 898, Sp. PL 

 ed. 2 (1762) 173, and transferred to Dodonaea as D. viscosa 

 Linn., Mant. 2 (1771) 228, eleven years after Jacquin made the 

 same transfer. Other names given by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel 

 (1866) 83, are Dodonaea burmanniana DC, D. dioica Roxb., D. 

 triquetra Andr., and D. angustifolia Blanco, all of which are 

 apparently synonyms of Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. 



HARPULLIA Roxburgh 



HARPULLIA ARBOREA (Blanco) Radlk. in Sitzb. Math.-Phys. Akad. 

 Muench. 16 (1886) 404. 

 Ptelea arborea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 63. 

 Metrosideros molucca fungosa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 25. 

 Amboina, Hitoe lama, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. U, November 4, 1913, 

 in forests at an altitude of about 50 meters, locally known as samar ayer. 

 A form with larger leaflets, and, for the species, rather large fruits, is 

 represented by Rel. Robins. 1601, from Hitoe messen, October 10, 1913, grow- 

 ing on forested limestone hills at an altitude of about 150 meters. 



The identification has been made chiefly from the native name 

 cited by Rumphius, that is, samar ayer, which also appears on 

 one of the specimens cited above. The description given by 

 Rumphius is entirely inadequate to warrant an identification of 

 the form from it alone. It is to be noted, however, that the other 

 two species described under the heading Metrosideros molucca 

 by Rumphius have nothing to do with Harpullia, but one is 

 Homalium foetidum Benth. and the other is indeterminable. 



BALSAMINACEAE 



I M PAT I ENS Linnaeus 

 IMPATIENS BALSAM INA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 938. 

 Lacca herba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 256, t. 90. 

 Amboina, Binting, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 70, September 27, 1913. 

 Lacca herba was reduced to Impatiens balsamina Linn, by 

 Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 



