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(1759) 130, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1239, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1328, 

 which is certainly the correct disposition of it, and which has been 

 very generally followed by later authors. I consider that all of 

 the forms indicated by Rumphius, / coccinea, II purpurea, III 

 alba, and IV e Sina, are merely color forms of the widely dis- 

 tributed and variable species. They have been referred by 

 various authors to Impatiens coccinea Sims, Balsamina fasci- 

 culata DC, B. tilo DC, and B. hortensis Desp.* 



RHAMNACEAE 



ZIZYPHUS Linnaeus 



ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 318. 

 Rhamnus jujuba Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 194. 

 Malum indicum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 117, t. 86. 

 Amboina, Binting, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 267, November 18, 1913, 

 from cultivated trees, locally known as vidara. 



This was reduced by Linnaeus to his Rhamnus jujuba, in Stick- 

 man Herb. Amb. (1754) 9, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 121, Sp. PL 

 ed. 2 (1762) 282, in which he was followed by other authors until 

 Lamarck transferred Rhamnus jujuba to Zizyphus, where it 

 properly belongs. All authors who have cited Rumphius since 

 Lamarck, refer it to Zizyphus jujuba (Linn.) Lam. Skeels, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. PL Ind. Bull. 208 (1911) 67, considers that 

 Zizphus jujuba Lam. is invalidated by Z. jujuba Mill., Gard. 

 Diet. (1768), and proposes to adopt for the plant commonly 

 known as Zizyphus jujuba Lam. the name Z. mauritiana Lam. 

 Judging from the data given by Rumphius, the three forms 

 mentioned by him on page 118 as coming from Timor and Java 

 are merely slight variants of this common and widely distributed 

 species. 



COLU BR I N A f Richard 



COLUBRINA ASIATICA (Linn.) Brongn. in Ann. Sci. Nat. I 10 (1827) 

 369. 



Ceanothus asiaticus Linti. Sp. PI. (1753) 196. >. 

 Amara litorea Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 74, t. 39, f. 2. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 269, October 29, 1913, in 

 thickets back of the beach, and at Ayer putre in similar habitat, August 

 23, 1913. 



Amara litorea Rumph. has not previously been properly 

 reduced. The figure is a good representation of this common and 

 widely distributed Indo-Malayan strand plant. Suggested re- 



* See Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 118. 



t Retained name, Vienna Code; Marcorella Neck. (1790) is older. 



