DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



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Funis pinguis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 83. 



Hasskarl thought this was a species of Euphorbiaceae. The 

 description is not sufficiently definite to warrant a guess as to its 

 identity. 



Blitum brasilianum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 233. 



The brief discussion probably applies to a species of Amaran- 

 thits. 



Herba timoris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 462. 



This small herb is not determinable from the brief description 

 given by Rumphius. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 147, 

 placed it under Callitriche verna Linn., to which it cannot pos- 

 sibly be referred. Whatever else it may be, it cannot be a 

 Callitriche. 



Ay I i I i n Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 34. 



Undeterminable from the brief description given by Rumphius. 

 It has nothing to do with the other plant described in this 

 chapter, Ophiocolla altera, which is P sender anthemum curtatum 

 Merr. 



Radix etter Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 6, t. J>. 



The description is inadequate, while the figure presents only 

 a leafy branch and the roots. It may possibly be a species of 

 Connarus. The plant was not from Amboina, but from Timor, 

 Etter, and Kisser. 



Cortex acris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 9. 



A tree, the flowers and fruits not described. The plant was 

 from Ceram, there known as sapela and appacau, from which 

 it may later be possible to determine the status of the plant 

 described. 



Camean Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 14, t. 8, f. 1. 



This possibly belongs to the Sapindaceae; Teysmann, quoted 

 by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 186, placed it in Evodia, 

 where it can scarcely belong. The tree was known in Amboina 

 as camean. 



Ay assa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 7: 20. 



The description is suggestive of the Sapindaceae, but is scarce- 

 ly definite enough to warrant a reduction of Ay assa at the 

 present time. It has been referred to Tetracera assa DC, and 

 in fact the specific name of that species seems to have been 

 derived from Ay assa Rumph. It has, however, nothing what- 

 ever to do with Tetracera, the description not applying in any 

 particular. It may prove to be an Evodia, of the Rutaceae. 



