VERBENACEAE 



453 



VITEX TR I FOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 638. 



Lagondium vulgare Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 48, t. 18. 



Amboina, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. SOU, August 13, 1912, along the 

 beach at Binting, locally known as lagondi. The same form is also repre- 

 sented by Rel. Robins. 2449 from Macassar, Celebes, and Rel. Robins. 2493 

 from Boeton. 



The reduction of Lagondium vulgare to Vitex trifolia Linn, 

 was first made by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 15, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 126, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1122, Sp. 

 PL ed. 2 (1763) 890, which is certainly the correct disposition 

 of it. It is very widely distributed along the seashore through- 

 out the Indo-Malayan region. 



VITEX NEGUNDO Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 638. 



Lagondium litoreum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 50, t. 19. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 305, September 18, 

 1913. along the beach, locally known as lagondi. 



The specimen, as Doctor Robinson notes, shows every inter- 

 gradation between what is called Vitex trifolia Linn, and V. 

 negundo Linn., a character that is also presented by many 

 herbarium specimens sometimes placed under one name, Some- 

 times under the other. It is strongly suspected that the two 

 species, at least as currently interpreted, are really not distinct. 

 The reduction of Lagondium litoreum Rumph. to Vitex negundo 

 Linn, was made by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 15, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 126, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1122, which 

 disposition of it has been accepted by practically all authors. 

 Lamarck, Encycl. 2 (1788) 612, placed it under his Vitex pani- 

 eulata, but Vitex paniculata Lam. is a synonym of Vitex negundo 

 Linn. The ' 'species" has the range of Vitex trifolia Linn. 



Lagondium nigrum Rumph., extensively treated by Rumphius, 

 Herb. Amb. 3: 52, and supposed to grow in Buru Island, is 

 probably purely an imaginary plant. Regarding it, Hasskarl, 

 Neue Schlussel (1866) 75, states: "fabula, nec arboris descriptio 

 enarratur; arbor ex hac fabula intelligi haud potest." 



PETRAEOVITEX Oliver 



PETRAEOVITEX MULTI FLORA (Sm.) comb. nov. 



Petrea multiflora Sm. in Rees Cyclop. 27 (1817) no. 2. 

 Petraeovitex riedelii Oliver in Hook. Ic. 15 (1883) 16, t. 1420. 

 Funis quadrifidus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 4, t. 3. 



This characteristic species is not* represented in our Amboina 

 collections. Rumphius's description and figure agree closely 



