486 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



Gardenia jasminoides Ellis is older than the Linnean name G. 

 florida; and both are antedated by Varneria augusta Linn., which 

 was based wholly on the Rumphian illustration and description, 

 but which involves a generic name never taken up by Linnaeus 

 in his later writings, and one that has been entirely overlooked 

 by all authors. 



GUETTARDA Linnaeus 



GUETTARDA SPECIOSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 991. 

 Tittius litorea Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 39. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 167, August 28, 1913, 

 along the seashore. 



The only previously suggested identification of Tittius litorea 

 is Henschel's reference of it to Clerodendron infortunatum Linn., 

 which is manifestly wrong. The description applies very closely 

 to Guettarda speciosa Linn., and I am confident that this is the 

 correct disposition of it. The wood from Ternate that is de- 

 scribed in the same chapter, under the name Bololo maluhi, prob- 

 ably belongs to this species. 



TIMONIUS* de Candolle 



TIMONIUS SERICEUS (Desf.) K. Sch. PI. Kaiser Wilhelmsland (1889) 

 131. 



Polyphragmon sericeum Desf. in Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 6 (1820) 

 6, t. 2. 



Timonius rumphii DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 461 (type!). 

 Erithalis timon Spreng. PI. Min. Cog. Pugillus 1 (1813) 18 (type!). 

 Timonius Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 216, t. 1U0. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 166, July 20, 1913, on grassy 

 hillsides, altitude about 10 meters, locally known as timon. 



Willdenow, Sp. PI. I 2 (1800) 997, made the first reduction 

 of Timonius, placing it as a variety of Erithalis polygama Forst. 

 It is the type and whole basis of Erithalis timon Spreng. and 

 of Timonius rumphii DC. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 234, 

 correctly reduced it, with Timonius rumphii DC, to Polyphrag- 

 mon sericeum Desf., the type of which was from Timor. By 

 other authors it has been erroneously reduced to Polyphragmon 

 minus Rich, and to Bobea wallichiana Kostel. The species is 

 known from Timor, Banda, Amboina, Ternate, and New Guinea 

 with varieties in Timor, New Guinea, and Queensland.! 



* Retained name, Brussels Congress; Nelitris Gaertn. (1788), Porocarpus 

 Gaertn. (1791), Polyphragmon Desf. (1820), Helospora Jack (1823), and 

 Burneya C. & S. (1829) are older. 



f See Valeton in Bull. Dept. Agr. Ind. Neerl. 26 (1909) 52. 



