472 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



RUELLIA Plumier 



RUELLIA REPENS Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 89; Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 

 135, t. Ul, f. 2. 



Dip ter acanthus lanceolatus Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1832) 82. 

 Justicia moretiana Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 10 p. p., quoad syn. 

 Rumph. 



Moretiana Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 53, t. 23, f. 1. 



Amboina, Batoe merah, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 101, July 20, 1913, in 

 rocky soil and along ditches at low altitudes; also represented by Rel. 

 Robins. 2500 from Baoebaoe, Boeton, July 13, 1913. 



The specimen cited above certainly represents Moretiana as 

 described and figured by Rumphius and is likewise Ruellia repens 

 Linn., as currently interpreted. C. B. Clarke * states regarding 

 Ruellia repens Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 89: 



The plate of Burmann (Fl. Ind. t. J+l, fig- -0 is good, and represents a 

 plant not of the genus Ruellia. In the Addit. to Mant. 515 (1771), Lin- 

 naeus says his Ruellia repens was Burmann, t. 41, fig. 1. 



I consider that the figure given by Burman f . is a crude rep- 

 resentation of Ruellia repens Linn, as currently interpreted ; but 

 at any rate it has no bearing on the interpretation of Ruellia 

 repens Linn., which was published one year before Burman's 

 work was issued. Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 10, referred More- 

 tiana Rumph. to Justicia moretiana Burm. f ., taking his specific 

 name from Rumphius. This species was based primarily on 

 Burman Thes. Zeyl. 7, t. 3, f. 1, an entirely different plant, which 

 has little in common with Moretiana as figured and described by 

 Rumphius.f 



BARLERIA Linnaeus 



BARLERIA PRIONITIS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 636. 

 Barleria hystrix Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 89. 

 Prionitis hystrix Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 809. 

 Hystrix frutex Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 22, t. 13. 



This common and well-known species is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections. The reduction of Hystrix frutex Rumph. 

 to Barleria prionitis Linn, was first made by Linnaeus, in Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 136, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1121, Sp. PL ed. 2 

 (1763) 887. Barleria hystrix Linn, is a synonym of B. prionitis 

 Linn, and was based primarily on a specimen collected by Royen, 

 with a reference to Hystrix frutex Rumph. and one to Plukenet 

 added. 



* Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 74 2 (1907) Extra Number 649. 

 f See Trimen Fl. Ceyl. 3 (1895) 335. 



