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MYRM ECODI A Jack 

 MYRMECODIA RUMPHII Becc. Malesia 2 (1884) 117, t. 12, f. 1-6. 



Nidus germinans form i car ium ruber Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 119, 

 t 55, f. 2. 



Amboina, Hoetoemoeri road, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 152, September 

 24, 1913, epiphytic on Melaleuca, altitude about 200 meters, locally known 

 as laru. 



Jack, Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 (1823) 123, reduced the Rumphian 

 plant to Myrmecodia tuberosa Jack in the original description 

 of that species, but Myrmecodia tuberosa Jack is a species known 

 from Sumatra, Singapore, Java, and Borneo and is quite dif- 

 ferent from the Amboina plant. De Candolle, Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 450, referred it to Myrmecodia inermis Gaudich., which is Hyd- 

 nophytum gaudichaudii Becc. Beccari's description of Myrme- 

 codia rumphii was based on an Amboina specimen collected by 

 him in January, 1873, and to this species he reduced Nidus 

 germinans formicarium ruber Rumph., which is certainly the 

 correct disposition of it. Myrmecodia amboinensis Becc, Ma- 

 lesia 2 (1884) 97, nomen nudum, is apparently merely a misprint 

 for Myrmecodia rumphii Becc. 



PA ED ER I A * Linnaeus 

 PAEDERIA FOETIDA Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 52. 



Apocynum foetidum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 71. 



Paederia amboinensis Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 4 (1869) 254. 

 Convolvulus foetidus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 436, t. 160. 

 Amboina, Wakal, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 163, November 5, 1913, in 

 thickets near the seashore, locally known as daun konto konto. 



Convolvulus foetidus Rumph. was reduced by Linnaeus to 

 Paederia foetida Linn, and by Burman f ., to Apocynum foetidum 

 Burm. f., although the types of both species were actual speci- 

 mens. Practically all authors have cited Convolvulus foetidus 

 as a synonym of Paederia foetida Linn., but there is nothing 

 in the description or figure by which it can be distinguished 

 from Paederia tomentosa Blume ; for that matter there is nothing 

 in the original description of either Paederia foetida Linn, or 

 P. tomentosa Blume by which the two can be distinguished, 

 yet authors generally agree in retaining them as distinct ; Convol- 

 vulus foetidus Rumph. could with equal propriety be referred 

 to Paederia foetida Blume. The actual Amboina specimen, cited 

 above, is quite glabrous, with lanceolate leaves, and unfortun- 



* Retained name, Vienna Code ; Hondbessen Adans. and Dauncontu 

 Adans. (1763) are older. 



