418 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



M I M USOPS KAUKI Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 349. 



Metrosideros macassarensis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 19, t. 8. 



This reduction was originally made by Linnaeus, in Stickman 

 Herb. Amb. (1754) 11, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 122, Syst. ed. 10 

 (1759) 1000, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 497, which has been accepted 

 by most authors and is probably the correct disposition of the 

 Rumphian species. Rumphius's material was from Celebes, not 

 from Amboina. Lamarck, Encycl. 4 (1797) 186, referred it to 

 Mimusops obtusifolia Lam., but this species was based on actual 

 specimens, and it may or may not prove to be the same as 

 Mimusops kauki Linn. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 47, 

 considered that the flowers represented by t. 8 were referable 

 to Mimusops manilkara Don, but this species is supposed to be a 

 synonym of Mimusops kauki Linn. 



SAPOTACEAE indet. 



Vidoricum silvestre I! Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 184. 



Gaertner, Fruct. 2 (1794) 104, mentions this in the original 

 description of Bassia dubia Gaertn. as possibly representing 

 that species. Bassia dubia Gaertn. is an entirely doubtful spe- 

 cies of which the flowers and leaves are unknown. Its country 

 of origin is also unknown, except that it probably came from the 

 Indo-Malayan region. 



SAPOTACEAE indet. 



Vidoricum silvestre IV Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 185, t. 118. 



The form figured is possibly a species of Sideroxylon, but the 

 figure does not conform especially well with the description of 

 Vidoricum silvestre IV, which it is supposed to represent. It 

 may be the form of Vidoricum that Gaertner intended to cite 

 under Bassia dubia Gaertn., but he does not mention the figure. 

 Teysmann, quoted by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 65, 

 thought that it might be a Diospyros. This is possibly the 

 correct disposition of the description, but is manifestly not the 

 correct disposition of the figure. 



The other forms described under Vidoricum are all indeter- 

 minable from data at present available. They are as follows: 



Vidoricum silvestre II var. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 184. 

 Vidoricum III Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 185. 

 Vidoricum V Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 185. 

 Vidoricum VI Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 186. 



SAPOTACEAE indet. 



Lignum clavorum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 97, t. 64* 



This was placed by Henschel, with doubt, under Calophyllum 



