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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



taken largely, if not wholly, from Rumphius. The three forms 

 briefly described by Rumphius on page 101 may be merely 

 variants of the common durian or some of them may represent 

 distinct species. 



CEIBA Medikus 



CEIBA PENTANDRA (Linn.) .Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 244, t. 133. 

 Bombax pentandrum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 511. 

 Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 479. 

 Gossampinus alba Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 (1826) 126. 

 Gossampinus rumphii Schott. & Endl. Meletem. (1832) 35. 

 Eriophorus javana Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1 : 194, t. 80. 



The common kapoc or silk cotton tree is not represented in 

 our Amboina collections. Eriophorus javana Rumph. was first 

 reduced by Linnaeus to Bombax pentandrum Linn., in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1754) 8, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1754) 120, Sp. PL ed. 

 2 (1763) 958, but in the Systema, ed. 10 (1759) 1141, it is placed 

 under Bombax aculeatum Linn., which may prove to be merely 

 a synonym of Ceiba pentandra Gaertn. Bombax aculeatum 

 Linn, does not appear in Index Kewensis. 



STERCULIACEAE 



PENTAPETES Linnaeus 



PENTAPETES PHOENICEA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 698. 

 Flos in pi us Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 288, t. 100, f. 1. 



This well-known species is not represented in our Amboina 

 collections. The Rumphian figure and description are unmistak- 

 ably the same as Pentapetes phoenicea Linn., and Linnaeus 

 himself made the first reduction, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 22, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 131, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1150, Sp. 

 PL ed. 2 (1763) 958. This reduction has been followed by all 

 subsequent authors. 



COMMERSONIA Forster 



COM M ERSON I A BARTRAM I A (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Muntingia bartramia Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 124 (type!). 



Commersonia echinata Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 44, t. 22. 



Restiaria alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 187, t. 119. 

 Amboina, Hoenoet and Soja, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 29U, August 2, 

 1913, in flower, October 18, 1913, in fruit, locally known as marong, morong 

 mera, and hunut. In clearings, altitude 200 to 375 meters. 



Restiaria alba Rumph. was reduced by Linnaeus, Amoen. Acad. 

 4 (1759) 124, to Muntingia bartramia Linn, and is the whole 

 basis of the Linnean species, which has been entirely overlooked. 



