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41, f. 1, which in turn was based wholly on Ceylon material, 

 "Cornutoides Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 195, ubi descr." and "Sambucus 

 zeylanica odorata aromatica Herm. herb. Burm. zeyl. 209." 

 Hermann's specimens, as noted by Trimen, Fl. Ceyl. 3 (1895) 

 352, are Premna serratifolia Linn. ; and according to strict prior- 

 ity Premna corymbosa (Burm. f.) Rottl. & Willd., in Gesell. Nat. 

 Freunde Neue Schr. 4 (1803) 187, 188, is the correct name for 

 the plant that Linnaeus named Premna integrifolia, even though 

 C. B. Clarke and Trimen have retained Premna corymbosa 

 Rottl. & Willd. as a species entirely distinct from Premna integ- 

 rifolia Linn, and P. serratifolia Linn. ; all three are typified by 

 the same material. Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 77, placed 

 Gumira litorea under his Premna spinosa, but Premna spinosa 

 Roxb. was described from Indian specimens. C. B. Clarke re- 

 duced Premna spinosa to Premna integrifolia Linn, with which 

 Gumira litorea has been confused. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 

 (1858) 894, repeats the confusion between Gumira litorea and 

 Folium hircinum, citing as a synonym of Premna corymbosa 

 (Burm. f.) Rottl. & Willd. "Gumira litorea vel Folium hirci 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. III. p. 289. tab. 13J>." 



PREMNA NITIDA K. Sch. Fl. Kaiser Wilhelmsl. (1889) 121. 



Premna subglabra Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 234? 



Folium hircinum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 208, t. 133. 

 Amboina, various localities, such as Amahoesoe, Paso, and Soja, from 

 sea level to an altitude of about 375 meters, Robinson Pi. Rumph. Amb. 308, 

 August to October, 1913, locally known as gumira and gumira dara. 



The identity of the .cited material with Folium hircinum is 

 certain, but as is the case with the preceding species, its proper 

 name under our present system of classification is uncertain. It 

 seems to be the same as both the comparatively recently described 

 Premna nitida K. Sch., of New Guinea, and P. subglabra Merr., 

 a common and widely distributed Philippine species, but it is 

 very probable that it has an older published name, perhaps 

 several. Suggested reductions by various authors have been to 

 Premna integrifolia Linn, (see above under Premna obtusi folia 

 R. Br.), to Premna cordifolia Roxb., to P. tomentosa Willd., to 

 P. foetida Reinwardt, and to Gumira foetida Hassk., with none 

 of which it agrees sufficiently to warrant considering Folium 

 hircinum referable to any of them. Whatever else it may be, 

 Folium hircinum is certainly very closely allied to Premna gaudi- 

 chaudii Schauer, of the Marianne Islands, and definitely seems 

 to be identical with the New Guinea Premna nitida K. Schum. 



