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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



and Arnott, Prodr. (1834) 332, with doubt, reduced it to Jambosa 

 aquea DC. ; Hasskarl placed it under Eugenia macrophylla DC. ; 

 and Berg, erroneously placed it under Jambosa vulgaris DC. 

 Blume, Mus. Bot. 1 (1849) 93, has maintained it as a valid 

 species, Jambosa alba, but the specific name used by him is 

 invalid in both Eugenia and Jambosa. 



EUGENIA MALACCENSIS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 470. 

 Jambosa malaccensis DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 286. 

 Myrtus malaccensis Spreng. Syst. 2 (1825) 484. 

 Jambosa purpurascens DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 286. 



Eugenia purpurea Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 37, nomen nudum, Fl. 



Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 483. 

 Jambosa domestica Blume Mus. Bot. 1 (1849) 91. 

 Jambosa domestica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 121, t. 37. 

 Jambosa nigra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1: 125, t. 38, f. 1. 



Amboina, Paso, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 19 U, October 29, 1913, from 

 cultivated trees, locally known as jambu ruttun. 



Jambosa domestica Rumph. was first reduced to Eugenia ma- 

 laccensis Linn, by Linnaeus, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1055, and Jam- 

 bosa nigra Rumph. was reduced to the same species by Linnaeus, 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 7 ; both reductions apparently are 

 correct. Neither figure can be considered as good, however. 

 The Rumphian names have been cited by various authors under 

 one or another of the synonyms given above. The several 

 forms named and described by Rumphius were made by Blume, 

 Mus. Bot. 1 (1849) 91, the types of several varieties of Jambosa 

 domestica B\ume^= Eugenia malaccensis Linn., as follows : 

 Jambosa domestica II minor Rumph. =var. minor Blume; Jambosa 

 domestica rosacea Rumph. =var. rosacea Blume; Jambosa domestica 

 calapparia Rumph. =var. calapparia Blume; and Jambosa nigra 

 Rumph. =var. nigra Blume. They are apparently all variants 

 of Eugenia malaccensis Linn., which like most cultivated fruit 

 trees presents a considerable range of variation in the color, 

 size, and other characters of its fruits. 



EUGENIA M ELASTOM I FOLIA (Blume) comb. nov. 



Jambosa melastomif olia Blume Mus. Bot. 1 (1849) 102. 

 Arbor rubra II Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 76. 



Amboina, Lateri, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 198, September 5, 1913, in 

 forests, altitude about 200 meters, locally known as daun jambu jambu. 



The specimen, which presents very young flowers, appears 

 to agree with both Rumphius's and with Blume's descriptions, 

 Jambosa melastomif olia Blume having been based on Amboina 

 specimens collected by Zippel. I do not agree with Miquel, 



