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CALOPHYLLUM Linnaeus 



CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 513. 



Balsamaria inophyllum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 470. 

 Calophyllum bintagor Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 41 (type!), Fl. Ind. 



ed. 2, 2 (1832) 607. 

 Bintangor maritima Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 211, t. 71. 

 Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 480, September 22, 1913, along the 

 seashore, locally known as bintangor. 



This is certainly the correct disposition of Bintangor marit- 

 ima, a characteristic tree of tropical seashores of the Old World, 

 the reduction having been made first by Linnaeus, in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1753) 10, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 121, Syst. ed. 

 10 (1759) 1075, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 732, and generally accepted 

 by all authors. It is the type of Calophyllum bintagor Roxb. as 

 originally published in Hort. Beng. (1814) 41.* 



CALOPHYLLUM SOU LATTRI Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 121. 



Calophyllum spectabile Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. 5 (1811) 

 80. 



Bintangor silvestris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 216, t. 72. 



Bintangor silvestris altera Rumph. 1. c. 217. 

 Amboina, near houses, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 482, August 20, 1913, 

 locally known as sulatre; Hitoe messen, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 481, in 

 forests, altitude 150 meters, locally known as bintangor utan. 



Bintangor silvestris was originally reduced by Linnaeus, 

 through error, to the American Calophyllum calaba Linn., in 

 • Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 10, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 121. 

 Lamarck, Encycl. 1 (1785) 553, cites it, with doubt, under 

 Calophyllum acuminatum Lam., which is supposed to be a syn- 

 onym of Calophyllum spectabile Willd. =C. soulattri Burm. f. 

 Choisy, in de Candolle, Prodr. 1 (1824) 562, cites it as a doubtful 

 synonym of Calophyllum spectabile Willd. ; while Hasskarl, Neue 

 Schliissel (1866) 42, adds Calophyllum soulattri Burm. f., which 

 is the oldest valid specific name for this widely distributed 

 species. Rumphius's figure is poor, but his description conforms 

 closely to the characters of the species. Bintangor silvestris 

 altera Rumph. (PL Rumph. Amb. 481), seems to be merely a 

 form of Calophyllum soulattri Burm. f . with the leaves somewhat 

 retuse at the apex. 



CALOPHYLLUM sp. 



Bintangor montana (B. silvestris tertia) Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 217. 

 Amboina, Hoetoemoeri road, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 483, September 

 30, 1913, in forests, altitude about 300 meters. 



* See Robinson in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1812) Bot. 414. 



