ACANTHACEAE 



475 



Amboina, Hitoe lama, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb 108, November 1, 1913, 

 from cultivated plants, altitude about 175 meters, locally known as telaga. 



Folium bracteatum is cited by Linnaeus as a synonym of Justi- 

 cia picta Linn, in its original place of publication ; which, as 

 Graptophyllum pictum Griff., is certainly the correct disposi- 

 tion of it. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 78, has referred 

 the several color forms, vulgare, rubrum, and igneum, to the 

 varieties album Hassk., rubrum Hassk., and igneum Hassk., 

 respectively. 



PSEUDERANTHEMUM Radlkofer 



PSEUDERANTHEMUM PULCHELLUM (Hort.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 248. 

 Eranthemum pulchellum Hort. Gartenmag. (1810) 176, t. 17. 

 Eranthemum bicolor Schrank Hort. Monac. (1819) t. 8. 

 P sender anthemum bicolor Radlk. ex Lindau in Engl. & Prantl Nat. 



Pflanzenfam. 4 3b (1895) 330. 

 Bungum femina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 52, t. 21, f. 2. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 96, August 30, 1913, 

 at low altitudes, locally known as bunga burong. 



The specimen cited above agrees closely with Rumphius's 

 description and figure and certainly represents Bungum femina 

 Rumph. It is also unmistakably the form commonly known as 

 Eranthemum bicolor Schrank or P sender anthemum bicolor 

 Radlk., for which P sender anthemum pulchellum (Hort.) Merr. 

 is an older name. The Rumphian species has not been previous- 

 ly determined in connection with modern taxonomy. Hass- 

 karl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 161, suggested that Bungum femina 

 might be Dipteracanthus ventricosus Nees or D. patidus Nees. 



PSEUDERANTHEMUM CURTATUM (C. B. Clarke) comb. nov. 



Eranthemum curtatum C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 

 (1905) 89. 



Ophiocolla altera Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 34. 

 Amboina, Lateri and Koesoekoesoe sereh, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 94, 

 August and September, 1913, in forests, altitude not indicated. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 157, thought that possibly 

 Ophiocolla altera Rumph. might be referable to Justicia ecbolium 

 Linn., but this suggested reduction is certainly wrong. The 

 specimen cited above agrees fully with Rumphius's description 

 and with our very large series of Eranthemum curtatum C. B. 

 Clarke, a species of wide distribution in the Philippines, this 

 species in turn being allied to Eranthemum malaccense C. B. 

 Clarke and E. crenulatum Nees; all of these species must be 

 referred to P sender anthemum. 



