OF THE HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE. 301 
CAP. XXVI. 
Arbor alba minor^ p. 75. t. 17« f. !• 
A difficulty here occurs. In this chapter Rumphius 
describes only one plant, the Caju Kilan, or Daun Kitsjil 
of the Malays, with three nerves in its leaves ; but in this 
plate there arc represented two very distinct species, neither 
of which has any nerves. Although this is, no doubt, ow- 
ing to the want of care in the draughtsman, yet it leaves 
us in the dark concerning the figure, which belongs to the 
description ; and about this botanists seems to differ. In 
the explanation of the plate, annexed by the editor Bur- 
raan to this chapter, he considers the first figure as belong- 
ing to the Caju Kilan^ or Daun Kitsjil^ here described ; 
and calls it Myrto-Leucodendron foliis lanceolatis^ ificur- 
vis ; fructus in inferiore ramorum parte gerens ; while 
Fig. 2, he says, is the Daun Poeti Kitsjil of the Malays, 
which he calls Myrto-leucodendron foliis lanceolatis acutis^ 
Jlorihus et Jructibus spicatis. No such plant, however, so 
far as I can find, is described by Rumphius, having been 
probably left out by the editor from the same want of care 
that is conspicuous in his specific character, in which he has 
totally mistaken the figures, as supposing the inflorescence 
different in the two plants. 
M. Desrousseaux (Enc. Meth. iv. 17.), respecting 
Fig. 1, follows the opinion of Burman, and considers it to 
represent the three-nerved plant described by Rumphius, 
which he calls a mere variety of the Arbor alba major ; 
but in this I think he is clearly mistaken, the difference of 
size, place of growth, and qualities, as well as the number 
of nerves, evidently marking them as two species. 
Sir James E. Smith, on the contrary, thought Fig. 2. to 
be the plant described, for, in treating of the Metrosi- 
