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Several forms of this commonly cultivated plant are described 

 by Rumphius, notably I fuscum, the variety with purplish fruits, 

 and II album, the variety with pale or nearly white fruits. All 

 are certainly referable to Solanum melongena Linn. The reduc- 

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

 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 266, which 

 has been very generally followed by later authors. Some, how- 

 ever, for example, Murray, Syst. (1774) 188, Lamarck, Willde- 

 now, and others, referred it to Solanum insanum Linn., which 

 is apparently merely a form of Solanum melongena Linn. Other 

 synonyms to which the Rumphian figure has been referred are 

 Solanum melongena Linn. var. esculentum Walp. Repert. 3 (1844) 

 81 and S. esculentum Dunal Hist. Solan. (1813) 208, t 3. 



The form described by Rumphius under Trongum hortense II 

 album as "tamatte," page 238, to which Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel 

 (1866) 115, refers t. 88, f. A (apparently a typographical error 

 for t. 85, f. A), was thought by Hasskarl to represent Solanum 

 aethiopicum Lour, or its variety violaceum Dunal. It is probably 

 merely a small-fruited form of Solanum melongena Linn. 



SOLANUM TRONGUM Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 4 (1797) 308 (type!). 



Solanum trongum Poir. var. rumphii Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 1 (1852) 

 361 (type!). 



Trongum agreste spinosum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 240, t. 86, f. 1. 

 Amboina, Binting, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 285, September 25, 1913, 

 along roadsides at low altitudes, locally known as trong. 



Solanum trongum Poir. was based wholly on the Rumphian 

 reference, and I consider that the specimen cited above represents 

 the plant described and figured by Rumphius. However, I am 

 not prepared to state whether or not the species is a valid one, 

 although it has been very generally recognized as such. It has 

 been referred by some authors to Solanum indicum Linn., while 

 Roxburgh referred the Rumphian figure to Solanum insanum 

 Linn. 



SOLANUM ALBUM Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 129. 



Solanum album Lour. var. rumphii Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 1 (1852) 

 361. 



Solanum pressum Dunal Hist. Solan. (1813) 217 (type!)? 



Trongum agreste album Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 241. 



Trongum agreste rubrum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 241, t. 86, f. 2? 

 Amboina, Hitoe lama, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 286, November 1, 

 1913, in forests on limestone formations, altitude about 150 meters, locally 

 known as trong baduri. 



