BIGNONIACEAE— PEDALIACEAE 



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BIGNONIACEAE 



DOLICH AN DRON E Fenzl 



DOLICH AN DRONE SPATHACEA (Linn, f.) K. Schum. Fl. Kaiser Wilhelms 

 Land (1889) 123. 

 Bignonia spathacea Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 283. 

 Dolichandrone rheedii Seem, in Journ. Bot. 8 (1870) 380. 

 Lignum equinum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 73, t. U6. 

 Amboina, Kati-kati, Robinson PL Rumph. 86, October 17, 1913, along 

 the seashore. 



Lignum equinum was originally reduced to Bignonia spathacea 

 by the younger Linnaeus in the original description of the species. 

 The first reference is to Rumphius, but the actual type was 

 material collected by Koenig. Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 

 380, referred it to his Bignonia longissima, but B. longissima 

 Lour, is an exact synonym of Dolichandrone spathacea K. Schum. 



PANDOREA Spach 



PANDOREA sp.? 



Campana rubra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 42. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 190, has suggested that Cam- 

 pana rubra is a bignoniaceous plant and gives a description com- 

 prising the essential characters of the plant after Rumphius. I 

 consider that he is correct in his surmise as to the family, and I 

 further suggest Pandorea as the possible correct disposition of 

 the Rumphian plant. At any rate, the species described by 

 Rumphius should be critically compared with authentic botanical 

 material of the species described as Tecoma amboinensis Blume 

 and T. dendrophila Blume, the former from Amboina, the latter 

 from New Guinea, both of which are apparently referable to 

 Pandorea. 



PEDALIACEAE 



SESAMUM Linnaeus 

 SESAMUM ORI ENTALE Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 634. 

 Sesamum indicum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 634. 



Sesamum indicum nigrum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 204, t. 76, f. 1. 

 Sesamum indicum album Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 204. 



The common sesame is not represented in our Amboina collec- 

 tions, but it doubtless still occurs in Amboina, as it is a plant of 

 wide distribution in cultivation and in cultivated lands in the 

 Indo-Malayan region. Rumphius's illustration was first reduced 

 to Sesamum indicum Linn, by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 20, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1120, 

 Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 884. Sesamum orientate Linn, has page 

 priority over the more commonly used Sesamum indicum Linn. 



