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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



There is no specimen in Hermann's Herb., but his drawing is unmis- 

 takably this species [Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lam.] and it is the whole 

 foundation for Linnaeus's Rhizophora conjugata, which name has been since 

 always applied to another plant, R. Candelaria DC, to which this bears a 

 strong resemblance in foliage. 



If rules of priority be followed, the adoption of the name 

 Bruguiera conjugata is unavoidable for this widely distributed 

 Indo-Malayan species. 



COMBRETACEAE 



TERM I N ALIA * Linnaeus 



TERM I N ALIA CATAPPA Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 128, 2 (1771) 519. 



Terminalia moluccana Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 349 (type!). 



Juglans catappa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 573. 



Catappa domestica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1 : 174, t. 68. 

 Amboina, Hatiwe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. September 4, 1913, 



along the seashore, locally known as katappan. 



The Rumphian figure and description are, at least in part, the 

 basis of Terminalia catappa Linn., as they were cited in the 

 original publication of the species. They are also the whole 

 basis of Terminalia moluccana Lam., cited above, and in part the 

 basis of Juglans catappa Lour. The three forms described by 

 Rumphius are probably all referable to Terminalia catappa Linn., 

 which presents considerable variation in its fruit characters. 

 Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 22, has referred all of them to 

 varietal forms, Catappa domestica to Terminalia catappa var. 

 macrocarpa Hassk., C. silvestris litorea to T. catappa var. 

 rhodocarpa Hassk., and C. silvestris altera to T. catappa var. 

 chlorocarpa Hassk. The form distributed under Robinson PI. 

 Rumph. Amb. U1U is exactly Catappa silvestris litorea Rumph. 



QUISQUALIS Linnaeus 



QUISQUALIS INDICA Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 556 (type). 



Quisqualis pubescens Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 104 (type!). 

 Quis qualis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 71, t. 38. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 So far as the original Linnean description shows, the genus 

 and the species were based wholly on Rumphius, although he may 

 have had botanical material from India or Malaya. The form 

 figured by Rumphius is certainly the common and widely dis- 

 tributed Malayan and Philippine form that is currently called 

 Quisqualis indica Linn. The Linnean reduction has been fol- 



* Retained name, Brussels Congress; Adamaram Adans. (1763) is older. 



