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E. D. MERRILL 
Erythrina indica Lam. is antedated by both E. variegata L. and by 
Osbeck's name. The synonymy is as follows: 
Erythrina variegata L. in Stickman Herb. Amb. lo. 1754; Amoen. 
Acad. 4: 122. 1759. 
Gelala alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2 : 234. pi. 77. 1750. 
Erythrina corallodendron var. orientalis L. Sp. PI. 706. 1753. 
Tetradapa javanorum Osbeck, Dagbok Ostind. Resa 93. 1757. 
Erythrina picta L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 993. 1763, saltem quoad 
Gelala alba Rumph. 
Erythrina indica Lam. Encycl. 2: 391. 1785. 
Erythrina orientalis Murr. Comm. Gotting. 8: 35. pi. i. 1787. 
Erythrina lithosperma Blume, Cat. Gew. Buitenz. 92. 1823. 
Erythrina carnea Blanco, Fl. Filip. 564. 1837. 
The form with slightly variegated leaves, well figured by Rum- 
phius, is Erythrina variegata L. ; the form with the leaves not variegated 
is Erythrina indica Lam. Erythrina variegata is cultivated in Amboina 
{Rumphius), in Mindanao (Merrill), in Palawan (Curran), and 
doubtless in various other islands in the Malay Archipelago and the 
Philippines, and is typical Erythrina indica Lam. in all respects except 
in the slight variegation of its leaves. A parallel case is presented by 
the two prominent forms of Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff., as to 
leaf color, but which no botanist now considers represent other than 
a single species. 
Torenia glabra Osbeck, Dagbok Ostind. Resa 210. 1757. 
Torenia benthamiana Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. Bot. 18: 226. 
1862. 
Osbeck's name is much the older and should be retained for this 
species; it does not appear in Index Kewensis. The original de- 
scription is as follows: "Torenia glabra. Descr. Perianthium 5 angulare, 
erectum, laciniis 5 lineari-lanceolatis, tubo brevioribus. Corolla 
ringens; Labium superius subintegrum, reflexum; Labium inferius 
trilobum, deflexum. Stamina 4, corolla breviora, quorum 2 tubo 
breviora, per paria connexa, labio inferiori imposita; superiora altero 
ramo sterili. Stylus filiformis; stigma cochleatum, bifidum. Capsula 
longa, unilocularis? Semina plurima. Flores ex alis. Folia ovata, 
crenata, subsessilia, opposita. Habitat etjam inter agros Oryzae 
insulae Danicae." 
The specimens on which the description was based were from 
