494 



RUMPHIUS'S HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE 



Cucurbita indica vulgaris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 398, is also a 

 form of Lagenaria leucantha Rusby; although Hasskarl, Neue 

 Schliissel (1866) 137, does not definitely place it. It has been 

 confused with Cucurbita pepo Linn, and C. melopepo Linn. 



TRICHOSANTHES Linnaeus 



TRICHOSANTHES TR I FOLIA (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Momordica trifolia Linn, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 24, Amoen. 



Acad. 4 (1759) 132, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1278 (type!). 

 Momordica trifoliata Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1434 (type!) ; Burm. f. 



Fl. Ind. (1768) 309; Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 604. 

 Trichosanthes trifoliata Blume Bijdr. (1826) 936; Cogn. in DC. Monog. 



Phan. 3 (1881) 383. 

 Involucraria trifoliata Roem. Syn. (1846) 99. 

 Poppya sylvestris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 414, t. 152, f. 2. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 The change of name is necessary as Momordica trifolia Linn, 

 antedates M. trifoliata Linn.; both are based wholly on the 

 Rumphian figure and description. It is to be noted, however, 

 that while Linnaeus in his first and second references correctly 

 cited the plate, he gave as the name Olus vespertilionis, which 

 appears, not in the descriptive text, but as a secondary name 

 on page 413 in the explanation of the plate. Trichosanthes 

 trifoliata Blume was based on Momordica trifoliata Linn., with 

 the addition of Javan specimens. It is barely possible that the 

 Amboina plant is not specifically identical with the Javan one, 

 a point for the future monographer to determine. 



TRICHOSANTHES ANGUINA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1008. 



Cucumis anguinus Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1279, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 



1437 (type!). 

 Petola anguina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 407, t. 148. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 There is no doubt, however, as to the identity of Petola anguina 

 with the widely cultivated Trichosanthes anguina Linn. It is 

 to be noted that Cucumis anguinus Linn, was based wholly on 

 the Rumphian reference and published quite independently of 

 Trichosanthes anguina Linn., both appearing in the second 

 edition of the Species Plantarum, the former on page 1437, the 

 latter on page 1432. 



CUCURBITA Linnaeus 



CUCURBITA PEPO Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1010 p. p. 



Pepo indicus Burm. Index Universalis Herb. Amb. 7 (1755) [6] 

 (type!). 



Pepo indicus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 399, t. 145. 



