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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



CISSUS ARISTATA Blume Bijdr. (1824) 183. 



Oculus astaci Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 479, t. 178, f. 1. 

 Amboina, Paso, Wae, and Koesoekoesoe sereh, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 

 228, 229, 230, October and November, 1913, in thickets, sea level to an 

 altitude of about 225 meters, locally known as siri barat. 



The identification of these specimens with Oculus astaci 

 Rumph. is probably correct, although the stems, as presented by 

 herbarium material, are not quadrangular, yet some of the 

 branchlets are distinctly so. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 

 149, referred it to Cissus glauca Roxb., which is supposed to be 

 a synonym of Cissus repens Lam. Cissus aristata Blume has 

 been reduced by Miquel and by Planchon to Cissus adnata Roxb., 

 Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 423, a species originally described from Indian 

 material. The Amboina material seems to present some of the 

 characters of Cissus assamica Craib, which like C. adnata Roxb. 

 is widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region, but its in- 

 dumentum is of the adnata type. It is possible that the material 

 should be referred to Cissus adnata Roxb. rather than to C. aris- 

 tata Blume, but without access to the original material on which 

 the various species were based, it is difficult to determine their 

 exact relationships. The closely allied species involved are Cis- 

 sus adnata Roxb., C. assamica Craib, C. aristata Blume, C. rotun- 

 difolia Blume (C blumeana Steud.), and Cissus pyrrhodasys 

 Miq., the last apparently being identical with Cissus assamica 

 Craib var. pilosissima Gagnep., Not. Syst. 1 (1911) 353. 



VITIS QUA DR I CORN UTA Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1863) 85. 

 Funis crepitans II minor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 446, t. 16b, f. 2. 



This form is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 It may be a variety of Cissus repens Lam., or it may be a closely 

 allied form worthy of specific rank. Planchon, DC. Monog. 

 Phan. 5 (1887) 506, repeats Miquel's description, under Cissus 

 repens Lam., with the statement that Vitis diffusa Miq., V. mo- 

 desta Miq., Vitis metziana Miq., and V. quadricornuta Miq. are 

 either synonyms of Cissus repens Lam. or represent very closely 

 allied species. The reduction of Funis crepitans II minor follows 

 Miquel, but the plant, and for that matter Vitis quadricornuta 

 Miq., is a true Cissus, although the transfer is not here definitely 

 made in view of the uncertain status of the form described by 

 Miquel. 



CISSUS sp.? 



Funis crepitans IV Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 447. 



Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 83, cites this as a synonym of 

 Cissus trifoliata Lour., non Linn., a species of entirely uncertain 



