492 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



leaves and much smaller fruits. This wild form is of wide 

 distribution in the Malayan region, especially in thickets near 

 the seashore. Plate 147 of Rumphius is an excellent representa- 

 tion of the cultivated form, while plate 150 is a fair representa- 

 tion of the wild form. Petola of Rumphius was reduced by 

 Linnaeus to his Momordica luff a, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 23, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 132, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1278, but 

 in Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1433 he cites t. U8. It is the whole basis 

 of Luff a petola Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 303. Another syn- 

 onym is Luff a pentandra Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 712, 

 this author also citing Petola Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: t. 1U7 as 

 representing his species. Petola silvestris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 

 5: 409, t. 150, is the whole basis of Luff a sylvestris Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. I 1 (1856) 666, which was erroneously reduced by 

 Cogniaux, DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 461, to Luff a acutangula 

 Roxb. ; this synonym should be transferred to Luff a cylindrica 

 Roem., the actual Amboina specimen cited above being a topotype 

 of Miquel's species. 



CITRULLUS Necker 



CITRULLUS VULGARIS Schrad. in Linnaea 12 (1838) 412. 



Cucurbita citrullus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1010. 



Anguria indica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 400, t. Ilf6, f. 1. 



Anguria indica altera Rumph. 1. c. 400. 

 Amboina, in waste places near Castle Victoria, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 

 892, November 13, 1913, locally known as pateka. 



The figure given by Rumphius is a good representation of 

 the common watermelon. It was first reduced to Cucurbita 

 citrullus by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 23, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 132, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1278, Sp. PL 

 ed. 2 (1763) 1435, this reduction being followed by all early 

 authors. 



CUCUMIS Linnaeus 



CUCUMIS SATIVUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1012. 



Cucumis ? rumphii Hassk. in Abh. Naturf. Gesellsch. Halle 9 (1866) 



280 (Neue Schlussel (1866) 138) (type!). 

 Cucumis indicus I vulgaris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 404. 

 Cucumis indicus III sinensis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 404, t. 1^6, f. 2. 



The common cucumber is not represented in our Amboina 

 collections, but is widely cultivated in the Malay Archipelago. 

 There is no doubt whatever as to the correctness of the reduc- 

 tion of Cucumis indicus vulgaris, while I am equally certain 

 that C. indicus sinensis is but a small form of the same species ; 



