462 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



as representing the second form, minor s. niger, distinctly re- 

 sembles this plant. 



PHYSALIS MINIMA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 183? 



Halicacabus indicus II minor s. niger Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 61, 



t. 26, f. 1. 



The description seems to apply to Physalis minima Linn., at 

 least as that species is now understood. It was reduced to 

 Physalis pubescens Linn., an American species, by Linnaeus, 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 26, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 

 134, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 933, which is certainly incorrect. By 

 Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 133, it was placed under Physalis 

 alkekengi Linn., but Loureiro's description apparently applies 

 to Physalis minima Linn. ; at any rate, the Rumphian plant has 

 nothing to do with Physalis alkekengi Linn. Authors generally 

 have considered it as representing Physalis indica Lam., which 

 is apparently a synonym of P. minima Linn. 



CAPSICUM Linnaeus 



CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 189. 



Capsicum indicum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 247, t. 88, f. 1-J+. 

 Amboina, Way tommo, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 283, August 16, 1913, 

 locally known as chili and representing Capsicum II minus rubrum Rumph. 



t. 88, f. 2. 



Four forms of this common Capsicum are figured by Rumph- 

 ius, which Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 116, 117, refers 

 to various described varieties of this widely distributed and 

 variable species. The reduction was first made by Linnaeus, in 

 Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, 

 who included all the figures given by Rumphius, but later, Sp. 

 PL ed. 2 (1762) 271, definitely excluded fig. 2. Irish, Rept. 

 Mo. Bot. Gard. 9 (1908) 99, places Capsicum indicum II minus 

 rubrum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 247, t. 88 f. 2, under Capsicum 

 frutescens Linn. var. baccatum (Linn.) Irish, which is probably 

 its correct disposition, if it be considered worth while to attempt 

 the distinction of varieties in this polymorphous species. 



SOLAN UM Linnaeus 



SOLANUM MELONGENA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 186. 



Trongum hortense Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 238, t. 85. 

 Amboina, near the town of Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 288, 

 July 26, 1913, locally known as trong ; Way tommo, Robinson PL Rumph. 

 Amb. 287, August 16, 1913, representing' Trongum hortense album amboi- 

 ssense Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 238. 



