SOLANACEAE 



461 



Schlussel (1866) 118, 119, disposes of the three forms described 

 by Rumphius as follows: fuscum =Ocimum sanctum Linn.?; 

 album=0. basilicum Linn. var. album Benth. and var. pilosum 

 Benth. ; nigrum ==0. basilicum Linn. var. purpurascens Benth. 

 With no material from Amboina for study, no modifications of 

 these reductions, which may or may not be correct, can be 

 suggested. 



OCIMUM SANCTUM Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 85. 



Basilicum agreste Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 265, t. 92, f. 2. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 It was originally reduced by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1105, 

 to Ocimum gratissimum- Linn. ; but in the Species Plantarum, ed. 

 2 (1763) 833, he reduced it to Ocimum tenuiflorum Linn., which 

 may not be specifically distinct from 0. sanctum Linn. The 

 plant figured is apparently a form of the common Ocimum 

 sanctum Linn., where it was placed by Don, Dietrich, Walpers, 

 Bentham, and Miquel. The figure is a very poor one. 



OCIMUM sp. aff. basilicum Linn. 



Ozimum citratum indicum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 266, t. 93, f. 1. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 It was originally reduced by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 1105, to Ocimum tenuiflorum Linn. ; by Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 

 129, to Ocimum minimum Linn. ; by Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 

 (1790) 370, it was discussed under Ocimum africanum Lour.; 

 and by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 119, it was thought to 

 be Ocimum basilicum Linn., either the var. anisatum Benth. or 

 the var. difforme Benth. I suspect that Hasskarl is correct and 

 that it is a form of Ocimum basilicum Linn. 



SOLANACEAE 



PHYSALIS Linnaeus 



PHYSALIS ANGULATA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 183. 



Halicacabus indicus I major s. albus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 60. 

 Amboina, near the town of Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 282, 

 August 8, 1913, in ditches. 



The specimen appears to be typical Physalis angulata Linn, 

 and agrees well with Rumphius's description. The reduction 

 of the Rumphian plant is in agreement with Nees, Henschel, 

 Walpers, Hasskarl, and Dunal, as cited by Hasskarl, Neue 

 Schlussel (1866) 163. The figure, t. 26, f. 1, given by Rumphius 



