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narium Jacq. ; by Roemer and Schultes under Tabernaemontana 

 divaricata R. Br., its proper name; and by Willdenow, A. de 

 Candoile, and Miquel under Tabernaemontana coronaria Willd. 

 Rumphius surmised that the species was introduced into the 

 Moluccas from Manila, whence his specific name; the species is 

 not a native of the Philippines, but is occasionally found in 

 cultivation here. 



ALYXIA * Banks 



ALYXIA LAURINA Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 451, t. 62. 

 Pulassarium Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 32, t. 20. 

 Amboina, Salahoetoe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 74, November 27, 1913, 

 in forests, altitude about 850 meters. 



There is little doubt that Pulassarium Rumph. is the same as 

 Alyxia laurina Gaudich., the type of which was from Rawak 

 Island in the Moluccas. I am not in a position to express any 

 opinion as to the relationships of Alyxia laurina Gaudich. and 

 Alyxia stellata Roem., as I have seen no material representing 

 the latter species, and Forster's original description is entirely 

 inadequate. Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 1 (1832) 699, referred 

 Pulassarium verum Rumph. to Alyxia stellata, citing Gynopogon 

 stellatum Forst. as a possible synonym, and gave an ample 

 description from specimens grown in the botanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta that originated in Amboina. Gaudichaud, Bot. Freyc. 

 Voy. (1826) 451, thought that it was the same as his Alyxia 

 laurina. A. de Candoile, Prodr. 8 (1844) 347, excludes the 

 Rumphian synonym under Alyxia laurina Gaudich. and places 

 it as a possible synonym of Alyxia stellata Roem. and Schultes. 



Pulassarium spurium Rumph., described in the same chapter with 

 Pulassarium verum, Herb. Amb. 5: 33, is indeterminable from 

 the data now available. It is probably a representative of the 

 Apocynaceae, but not an Alyxia. 



RAUWOLFIA Plumier 



RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA (Linn.) Hook. 1 Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 632. 

 Ophioxylon serpentinum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1043. 

 Radix mustelae I alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 29, t. 16. 

 Radix mustelae II rubra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 30. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 According to Rumphius it was introduced into Amboina from 

 Java; it may no longer occur in the island. Radix mustelae 

 Rumph. was originally reduced by Linnaeus to Ophioxylon ser- 

 pentinum Linn., in Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 136, Syst. ed. 10 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Gynopogon Forst. (1776) is older. 



