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SIDEROXYLON sp. 



Lignum eurinum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 63, t. 35. 



There is no previous reduction of Lignum eurinum Rumph. 

 except Hasskarl's tentative suggestion that it might be Melan- 

 thesia or Maesa. The presence of milky sap, mentioned by 

 Rumphius in the description, invalidates these suggested reduc- 

 tions. The plant is undoubtedly a species of Sideroxylon; it 

 closely matches specimens from plants cultivated in the botanic 

 garden at Buitenzorg distributed as Sideroxylon attenuatum A. 

 DC, var. amboinense Scheff. If these are correctly named, they 

 are certainly specifically distinct from Sideroxylon attenuatum 

 A. DC. 



MIMUSOPS Linnaeus 



MIMUSOPS ELENGI Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 349. 



Flos cuspidum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 189, t. 6,3. 



This common and well-known species is not represented in 

 our Amboina collections. Rumphius states that it was an intro- 

 duced plant in Amboina, as it is in most parts of the Malayan 

 region. The reduction was first made by Linnaeus, in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1754) 10, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 121, Syst. ed. 10 

 (1759) 1000, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 497, which is manifestly the 

 correct disposition of Flos cuspidum and has been accepted by 

 all authors. 



MIMUSOPS PARVI FOLIA R. Br. Procir. (1810) 531. 

 Tanjonus litorea Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 193, t. 6'4. 



Not represented in our Amboina collections. The species is 

 manifestly a Mimusops, and I cannot distinguish it from a large 

 series of specimens from the coastal regions in the Philippines, 

 others from Celebes, and others from New Caledonia that I 

 believe represent Mimusops parvifolia R. Br. Hasskarl, Neue 

 Schliissel (1866) 39, states "ob calycem quadripartitum insignis 

 arbor et Mimusopi aliena while Teysmann, quoted by Hasskarl, 

 1. c, referred it to Uvaria tripetala Roxb. Burman f., Fl. Ind. 

 (1768) 86, reduced it to Mimusops elengi Linn. The whole de- 

 scription, except the 4-parted calyx, native names, etc., is Mimu- 

 sops, and the figure is an excellent representation of Mimusops, 

 with some of the calyces indicated as 5-parted, while Rumphius 

 definitely states that the flowers and fruits are very similar to 

 those of the domesticated tanjonus, that is, the form considered 

 by him in the preceding chapter, Mimusops elengi Linn. 



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