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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



LEPTOSPERMUM Forster 



LEPTOSPERMUM FLAVESCENS Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. 3 (1797) 262. 



Leptospermum amboinense Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1100. 

 Leptospermum porophyllum Cav. Ic. 4 (1797) 17, t. 330, f. 2. 

 Melaleuca thea Wendl. Sert. Hannov. (1795-98) 24, t. 13? 

 Leptospermum thea Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 949? 



Macklottia amboinensis Korth. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. 1 (1847) 196. 

 Myrtus amboinensis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 77, t. 18. 

 Amboina, Hoetoemoeri road, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 20U, September 

 30, 1913, on lightly forested hillsides, altitude about 250 meters. 



Myrtus amboinensis Rumph. has been very generally reduced 

 to Leptospermum amboinense Blume, but this species does not 

 appear to be specifically distinct from the much older Leptosper- 

 mum flavescens Smith. The younger Linnaeus reduced it to 

 Melaleuca virgata Linn, f., Suppl. (1781) 343; which, however, 

 was based on Leptospermum virgatum Forst.=Baeckea virgata 

 Andr., in which he was followed by Willdenow and by Lamarck. 

 Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 115, had already referred it to Myr- 

 tus communis Linn., an entirely erroneous disposition of it. 

 Leptospermum thea (Wendl.) Willd. may prove to be the oldest 

 valid name for the species. 



MELALEUCA* Linnaeus 



MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRA Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 105. 



Myrtus leucadendra Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 9, Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 120, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1056, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 

 676 (type!). 



Myrtus saligna Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 116, saltern quoad syn. Rumph, 

 Melaleuca cajuputi Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 59 (type!). 

 Melaleuca saligna Blume Mus. Bot. 1 (1849) 66, non Schauer. 

 Melaleuca viridiflora Blume Bijdr. (1026) 1099, var. angustifolia 

 Blume 1. c. 



Melaleuca trinervis Ham. ex Henschel Vita Rumph. (1833) 147 

 (type!). 



Melaleuca minor Sm. in Rees Cyclop. 23 (1813) no. 2. 

 Arbor alba major Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 72, t. 16. 

 Arbor alba minor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 76, t. 17. 

 Amboina, Soja road, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 208, August 1, 1913, on 

 open hillsides, altitude about 150 meters, locally known as kayu puti. 



Myrtus leucadendra Linn, as originally published included 

 both t. 16 and t. 17 of Rumphius. Myrtus leucadendra Linn., 

 Melaleuca leucadendra Linn., Melaleuca cajuputi Roxb., M. tri- 

 nervis Ham., and possibly M. minor Sm. are all typified by the 

 Rumphian descriptions and figures. Some authors have as- 

 sumed that t. 17, f. 2, represents a distinct species, which has 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Cajuputi Adans. (1763) is older. 



