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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



GESNERIACEAE 



CYRTANDRA Forster 



CYRTANDRA DECURRENS DeVriese PI. Ind. Bat. Or. (1845) 14. 

 Macuerus femina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 132, t. 58, f. 1. 

 Amboina, Halong, Batoe merah, Soja, and Lateri, Robinson PL Rumph. 

 Amb. 210, September, 1913, along river banks, in thin forests, and on 

 wooded hillsides, altitude 20 to 300 meters. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 174, thought that this might 

 be Cyrtandra nemorosa Blume, a species known only from Java. 

 The Amboina specimens agree perfectly with the Rumphian 

 figure and description and with the description of Cyrtandra 

 decurrens DeVriese, which was based on Amboina material. 

 Clarke, DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1883) 232, cites Amboina material 

 collected by DeVriese, Zippel, Barclay, C. Smith, Dolleschal, and 

 Lahaie ; and Doctor Robinson collected it in four different locali- 

 ties, so the species is apparently common in Amboina. The 

 typical form is also known from Buru, with varieties in Penang, 

 Borneo, Celebes, and New Guinea. 



ACANTHACEAE 



HEM I GRAPH IS Nees 



HEM IGRAPH IS ANGUSTI FOLIA Hallier f. in Nov. Act. Akad. Naturf. 

 70 (1897) 203, t. 10, f. 2. 

 Prunella molucca hortensis angustifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 30, 

 t. 13, f. A, B. 



Amboina, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 99, August 20, 1913, in a sago 

 swamp near the town of Amboina, locally known as biana. 



Linnaeus referred "Prunella molucca Rumph. amb. 6. p. 30. 

 t. 13. f. to Ruellia repanda Linn, in the original description 

 of that species, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 886, in which he has been 

 followed by all authors, until very recently, some of whom added 

 also fig. 2 of the same plate. The species was based primarily on 

 Javan specimens. Hallier, however, has distinguished the form 

 described and figured by Rumphius as Hemigraphis angustifolia, 

 describing the species from a specimen collected by Treub in 

 Amboina and citing the Rumphian name and illustration as given 

 above. This is undoubtedly the correct disposition of it. 



HEMIGRAPHIS PETOLA Hallier f. Nov. Act. Akad. Naturf. 70 (1897) 206, 

 t. 10, f. 1. 



Prunella molucca hortensis III lire petola Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 31. 



The reduction follows Hallier's suggestion, his species being 



