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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



with those of Petraeovitex riedelii Oliver, the type of which was 

 from the neighboring island, Buru. I have here adopted what 

 is manifestly the oldest valid specific name for the species. 

 Petrea multiflora Sm. was based on a specimen gathered by 

 Christopher Smith on Honimoa Island, one of the Moluccas, 

 in the original description of which Funis quadrifidus Rumph. 

 is cited as a synonym. I am indebted to Dr. A. B. Rendle, of 

 the British Museum, who has kindly looked up both the original 

 description and the type specimen of Smith's species and informs 

 me, under date of July 22, 1916, that there is no doubt as to 

 its identity with Petraeovitex riedelii Oliver. Smith's species, 

 which has been previously considered as one of doubtful status, 

 was excluded from the Verbenaceae by Schauer, in DC. Prodr. 

 11 (1857) 620, where, however, it manifestly belongs. The only 

 other suggested reductions of Funis quadrifidus Rumph. was 

 Teysmann's opinion, quoted by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 

 89, that it was an Illigera (Hernandiaceae) and Hasskarl's own 

 opinion that it was possibly a species of Vitis; both of these 

 suggested reductions are manifestly wrong. 



GMELINA Linnaeus 



GM ELI N A VILLOSA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 46, nomen nudum, Fl. Ind. 

 ed. 2, 3 (1832) 86. 



Radix deiparae Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 124, t. 39. 



Radix deiparae spuria Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 125, sed 1: t. UO. 



Amboina, near Paso, common everywhere, and at Batoe mera, Robinson 

 PL Rumph. Amb. 306, July 20, 1913, locally known as kranjang, kelanjan, 

 and daun kranjang. 



This is certainly Radix deiparae Rumph. and is equally 

 certainly Gmelina villosa Roxb. Roxburgh's description was 

 based on specimens from Penang, but he also cites Radix deiparae 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 124, t. 39, as representing his species. 

 Radix deiparae spuria, which Rumphius thought distinct from 

 his R. deiparae, undoubtedly is also referable to Gmelina villosa 

 Roxb., although by many authors it has been referred to Gmelina 

 asiatica Linn. The former was erroneously reduced by Lin- 

 naeus to Gmelina asiatica Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 9, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 121, while the latter also has been 

 very generally referred to the same species. It is to be noted 

 that in the Herbarium Amboinense t. W of Volumes I and II 

 have been transposed. 



