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ICHNOCARPUS* R. Brown 



ICHNOCARPUS sp.? 



Funis papius parvifolius Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 15, t. 11. 



This has been reduced with Funis papius latifolius Rumph. 

 to Cynanchum mauritianum Lam., to Periploca mauritianum 

 Poir., and to Streptocaulon mauritianum Don, following 

 Lamarck's original doubtful reference of it to the first. It 

 manifestly represents a species distinct from Funis papius lati- 

 folius and is perhaps a species of Ichnocarpus. The form 

 described as Funis papius rugosior Rumph. in this chapter is 

 quite undeterminable from Rumphius's description. Hasskarl, 

 Neue Schliissel (1866) 90, has suggested that it may be a species 

 of Melodinus. 



NERIUM Linnaeus 



NERIUM INDICUM Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) no. 2. 

 Nerium odorum Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 (1789) 297. 

 Oleander sinicus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 15, t. 9, f. 1. 



This commonly cultivated plant is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections. Oleander sinicus Rumph. was reduced by 

 Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 115, to Nerium oleander Linn. 

 However, it appears to be Nerium indicum Mill., rather than N. 

 oleander Linn., and is here so placed. The form described as 

 II minor, Rumph. 1. c. 16, is of doubtful status. It may be a form 

 of this species, or it may be an entirely different plant. The 

 description is too short to warrant a guess at its true identity. 



WRIGHTIA R. Brown 



WRIGHTIA sp.? 



Andawas s. Dawas Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2.: 89. 



Andawas is briefly described in the chapter with Cassia fistula 

 silvestris= Cassia javanica Linn., and Hamilton and Miquel both 

 thought that it might be a species of Cassia. The description of 

 the seed characters, however, is unmistakably that of an apocy- 

 naceous plant. Teysmann, cited by Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel 

 (1866) 30, considers that it represents Wrightia pubescens R. 

 Br. ; this is possibly the correct disposition of it. Rumphius's 

 material was from Bali Island, where it is known as andawas or 

 dawas. so that field work in Bali should eventually yield material 

 and data that will enable some botanist to determine the status 

 of the plant intended by the description. 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Quirivelia Poir. (1804) is older. 



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