COMPOSITAE 



may be a form of the common Artemisia vulgaris Linn., or it 

 may be an entirely different species. The description is too 

 indefinite to permit of its certain determination. It was not 

 from Amboina, but from a small island, Tagoelanda, near the 

 northern end of Celebes. 



CARTHAMUS Linnaeus 



CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 830. 



Cnicus indicus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 215, t. 79, f. 2. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 It is found in scattered cultivation throughout the Malayan 

 region, and Rumphius's figure is a fair representation of this 

 common and well-known plant. Cnicus indicus was first reduced 

 to Carthamus tinctorius by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 21, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 130, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1202, 

 Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1163, in which he has been followed by 

 numerous other authors. This is unquestionably the correct 

 disposition of the plant figured and described by Rumphius. 



EMILIA Cassini 



EMILIA SONCHIFOLIA (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 6 (1837) 302. 



Cacalia sonchifolia Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 835. 



Sonchus amboinicus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 297, t. 103, f. 1. 

 Amboina, Batoe merah and Roemah tiga, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 420, 

 July 20, 1913, in rocky and sandy soil, sea level to an altitude of about 15 

 meters, locally known as buka manis. 



Sonchus amboinicus Rumph. was first reduced to Cacalia 

 sonchifolia Linn, by Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 22, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 131, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1204, Sp. 

 PL ed. 2 (1763) 1169, in which he was generally followed by later 

 authors until de Candolle transferred the species to Emilia. In 

 the more recent literature it appears under Emilia sonchifolia 

 DC, to which species it manifestly belongs. 



CREPIS Linnaeus 



CREPIS JAPONICA (Linn.) Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 194. 



Prenanthes japonica Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 107. 

 Olus scrofinum luteum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 35? 

 Amboina, Batoe mera, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. J/.25, in ditches, 

 altitude about 5 meters, July 20, 1913. 



The description given by Rumphius is not sufficient to de- 

 termine whether or not Crepis japonica is the plant intended by 

 him. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 158, has suggested that 

 the description applies to some species of Blumea. The most 



