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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



correctly placed, even as to its genus. In the early literature 

 Bungum mas was confused with Justicia purpurea Linn, and with 

 Justicia bivalvis Linn, (see Peristrophe bivalvis (Linn.) Merr., 

 page 476). It has also been referred by various authors to 

 Hypoestes purpurea R. Br., to Rostellularia purpurea R. Br., 

 and to R. diffusa Nees, with none of which it has much in 

 common. 



ACANTHUS Linnaeus 



ACANTHUS EBRACTEATUS Vahl Symb. 2 (1791) 75, t. UO; 3 (1794) 85. 



Dilivaria ebracteata Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 179. 



Aquifolium indicum I mas Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 163, t. 71, f. 1. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 106, October 29, 1913, in 

 mangrove swamps, flowers white, with a faint tinge of violet. 



Both forms of Aquifolium indicum Rumph. were reduced by 

 Linnaeus to Acanthus ilicifolius Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 28, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 136, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1123, 

 Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 892, in which he was followed by Burman f. 

 and by Loureiro. However, two species are described and fig- 

 ured; / mas, clearly the form characterized by Vahl as Acanthus 

 ebracteatus, and // femina, equally clearly the form characterized 

 by Wallich as Acanthus volubilis (see the following species). 

 The Rumphian figure and description were referred by Vahl, 

 Symb. 3 (1794) 85, to Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl, in which he 

 was followed by Willdenow. Poiret, Henschel, Dietrich, Nees, 

 Pritzel, and Miquel cite it under Dilivaria ebracteata Pers., but 

 in the more modern literature it is cited under Acanthus ebract- 

 eatus Vahl. 



ACANTHUS VOLUBILIS Wall. PL As. Rar. 2 (1832) 56, t. 172. 



Dilivaria volubilis Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1833) 98. 



Dilivaria scandens Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1857) 269. 



Aquifolium indicum II femina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 163, t. 71, f. 2. 

 Amboina, Ayer putri, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 107, July 28, 1913, 

 along tidal streams, subscandent. 



As noted above under Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl, Linnaeus 

 originally reduced this form to Acanthus ilicifolius Linn. Nees 

 and Miquel cite it under Dilivaria scandens Nees ; which, as Acan- 

 thus volubilis Wall., is certainly the correct disposition of it. 



GRAPTOPHYLLUM Nees 



GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (Linn.) Griff. Notul. 4 (1854) 139. 

 Justicia picta Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 21. 

 Graptophyllum hortense Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. 3 (1832) 102, 

 Folium bracteatum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 73, t. 30 (incl. vulgare, 

 rubrum, et igneum Rumph. 1. c. 73, 74). 



