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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



26, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 134, to Urena sinuata Linn., but cor- 

 rected in his Systema, ed. 10 (1759) 1148, to Urena lobata. 

 Other names involved in the reduction are Urena lappago Sm. 

 and U. heterophylla Lam. 



ABELMOSCHUS Medikus 



ABELMOSCH US MOSCHATUS Medik. Malv. (1787) 46. 

 Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 696. 

 Granum moschatum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 38, t. 15. 

 Amboina, Toelehoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 492, November 25, 1913, 

 in grasslands, altitude about 15 meters, locally known as daun kasturi. 



The original reduction of Granum moschatum to Hibiscus 

 abelmoschus Linn, was made by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. 

 Amb. (1754) 15, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 126, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 1149, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 980, which is certainly the correct 

 disposition of it, although now it is very generally recognized as 

 representing a distinct genus and is classified as Abelmoschus 

 moschatus Medik. The Amboina specimen cited above is much 

 more pubescent than the commoner forms of the species, but 

 probably belongs here. 



ABELMOSCHUS MINDANAENSIS Warb. in Perk. Frag. PL Philip. (1904) 

 111. 



Granum moschatum agreste Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 39. 

 Amboina, Way tommo, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 493, August 17, 1913, 

 along river banks, altitude about 50 meters. Erect, about 1.5 meters high. 



Granum moschatum agreste is very briefly described, but the 

 probabilities are that the plant here determined as Abelmoschus 

 mindanaensis Warb. is the one intended by Rumphius. The 

 description given by Rumphius is mainly comparative with 

 Abelmoschus moschatus Medik., a- taller, more woody plant than 

 the latter, with which data the cited specimen agrees. It cannot 

 possibly be Abelmoschus ficulneus W. & A. as suggested by 

 Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 74. The Amboina specimen is 

 apparently a perfect match for our Mindanao material that un- 

 questionably represents Warburg's species; it has previously 

 been reported only from Mindanao. 



HIBISCUS Linnaeus 



HIBISCUS TILIACEUS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 694. 



Paritium tiliaceum A. St. Hil. PL Bras. Merid. 1 (1825) 256. 



Novella Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 218, t. 73. 



Novella repens Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 222. 



Novella rubra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 223. 

 Amboina, Kati-kati, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 497, October 17, 1913, 

 in cultivated ground, altitude about 80 meters, locally known as baru. 



