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RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



nasuta (Linn.) Kurz. Other authors, however, have referred it 

 to Justicia gendarussa Burm. f., which is represented by Genda- 

 russa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 70, t. 28 (see below). The form 

 described as Gendarussa femina II from Bali is indeterminable from 

 the data at present available and may not even belong to the 

 Acanthaceae. 



JUSTICIA Linnaeus 

 JUSTICIA GENDARUSSA Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 10. 



Justicia gendarussa Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 85. 

 Gendarussa vulgaris Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1832) 104. 

 Gendarussa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 70, t. 28 (incl. vulgaris alba, 

 vulgaris nigra, and vulgaris fusca Rumph. 70, 71). 



Amboina, Paso, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. lOb, October 31, 1913, near the 

 seashore, locally known as gandarussa mera; Hitoe messen, in light forests, 

 Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 103, November 5, 1913, altitude about 100 

 meters, locally known as gandarussa puti. 



Gendarussa Rumph. was reduced by Burman f. to Justicia 

 gendarussa Burm. f., in the original description of the species, 

 which was primarily based on actual specimens in Burman's 

 hands. The species is Burman's and was not originally described 

 by Linnaeus as credited in most modern publications. Most 

 authors have followed Burman in citing Rumphius's Gendarussa 

 under Justicia gendarussa Burm. f ., but a few have followed Nees 

 and have cited it under Gendarussa vulgaris Nees, a synonym of 

 Justicia gendarussa Burm. f . The forms described by Rumphius 

 are hardly worthy of note, although Hasskarl referred the first 

 to the variety viridis Hassk. and the second to the variety nigra 

 Hassk. 



RUBIACEAE * 



DENTELLA Forster 



DENTELLA REPENS (Linn.) Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 26, t. IS. 

 Oldenlandia repens Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 40. 



Crusta ollae III angustifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 461, t. 170, f. h. 



This common and widely distributed herb is not represented in 

 our Amboina collections. The Rumphian figure and description, 

 however, unmistakably apply to Dentella repens Forst. The 

 reduction to Dentella repens was first made by Loureiro, Fl. 

 Cochinch. (1790) 78 (Oldenlandia repens Linn.). All authors, 

 since Willdenow, who have had occasion to cite the Rumphian 



* I am indebted to Dr. Th. Valeton for assistance in identifying our 

 Amboina Rubiaceae, and for critical notes regarding Rumphian species 

 of this family. 



