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of Linnaeus’ students, Olaf Stickman, was as- 
signed the topic of the collation of the Her- 
barium Amboinense with the Species Plantarum 
of Linnaeus and the binomial system. All of the 
species of Pandanus published by Rumphius 
were given binomials in 1743, but Rumphius 
did not consistently follow the binomial system, 
and in any case, his book was pre-Linnaean, 
being previous to 1753 and so, by our Inter- 
national Code, illegitimate. Stickman in 1754 
published his thesis under the title "Herbarium 
Amboinense.” His thesis was concise and com- 
pact. In the left-hand column he quoted the 
names used by Rumphius, and in the corre- 
sponding right-hand column he entered the valid 
binomials that Linnaeus had published in 1753 
for the same species, or for many others 
Stickman himself supplied the binomials. The 
genus Pandanus had not been given a name by 
Linnaeus the father, though Rheede van Draake- 
stein had already illustrated some Indian species. 
In this part of his thesis Stickman left his right- 
hand column blank, thus failing to supply valid 
names for any of the species of Pandanus . He 
did, however, do something about the genus. 
Beside his listing of the first species of Rum- 
phius, Pandanus verus, he referred to his own 
footnote (g). This is printed at the bottom of 
his page 17, "(g) Pandanus genus est nondum 
constitutum Monoeciae, Bromeliae forte affinis, 
fructu Ambrosiae.” This refers to the extensive 
and well-illustrated treatment by Rumphius 
(1743), and to Pandanus verus Rumph., but 
Rumphius had not described his genus. Stick- 
man wrote in his footnote ( when translated ) : 
Pandanus is a genus not yet constituted, mon- 
oecious, with strong affinity to Bromelia, with 
a divine fruit. His sentence announces Pandanus 
as new, and gives three characters in his descrip- 
tion. This satisfies the requirement that a new 
generic name must be accompanied by a descrip- 
tion or a reference to one. Stickman failed to 
give legal names to any of the species but his 
publication of the genus is valid, as a genus may 
be published without species. 
The names published by Stickman in his 
thesis of 1754 are commonly credited to Lin- 
naeus, his professor. The title page of his pub- 
lication includes the statement, "sub Praesidio 
D. D. Car. Linnaei,” that is, written under the 
supervision of Prof. Linnaeus. It also states, 
"Proposuit Olavus Stickman, Smolandus, Up- 
saliae 1754,” that is, this work is proposed by 
O. Stickman from Smaland, at Upsala, in 1754. 
The thesis was printed, effectively published, and 
the author was Stickman. It also appeared in a 
second edition in the journal, Amoenitates 
Academicae, edited by Prof. Linnaeus, to reprint 
for wider circulation the best of the theses writ- 
ten by his students. Stickman’s Herbarium Am- 
boinense appears there in volume 4, printed in 
1759. This second edition is essentially iden- 
tical with the first, except that the title page 
material is a brief extract, and except for a few 
misprints, as, for instance, in the footnote (g), 
". . . Monoecia . . .,” the final e being missing. 
Stickman is given as the author of the article, 
and nowhere does Linnaeus claim it as his own. 
The articles in the several volumes of the journal 
are by numerous different authors, and the few 
written by Linnaeus himself bear his name as 
author. The name of Linnaeus is on the title 
page of the volume, but that means merely that 
he was the editor of the volume, not the author 
of all the articles written by his students and 
reprinted in this journal series. 
SECTION Lateriobtutus 
Pandanus biakensis, sp. nov. 
Fig. 1, a-g, 2-5 
Arbor 16 m. alta 25 cm. diametro (8 m. ex 
basi), corona ampla, trunco magno cortice spi- 
nosa, foliis 3.65 m. longis 15 cm. latis ligulatis 
planis in apice longe diminuentibus in 10 cm. 
ex apice 10 mm. latis, marginibus basalibus 
cum aculeis 2.5-3 mm. longis 4-9 mm. distanti- 
bus salientibus vel adscendentibus, marginibus 
medialibus cum aculeis 1.5-2 mm. longis 4-6 
mm. distantibus adpressi-adscendentibus, mar- 
ginibus apicalibus cum aculeis 0.5-1 mm. longis 
1-3 mm. distantibus adpressi-adscendentibus, 
midnervio in pagine inferiori in basi inermi, 
in medio cum aculeis 0.5-1 mm. longis 8-19 
mm. distantibus, proxime apice ad eas margin- 
ales simulantibus, syncarpiis 42-51 cm. longis 
25-29 cm. diametro 14-24.36 kilo ponderatis 
terminalibus solitariis adscendentibus ovoideis, 
phalangibus 160-212 et 10.5-12.6 cm. longis 
4-5.5 cm. latis 3. 5-5. 5 cm. crassis oblanceo- 
oblongis luteis lateribus cum angulis longitudi- 
