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BLUME, Carl Ludwig.
Rumphia, sive commentationes botanicae imprimis de plantis Indiae Orientalis.

A magnificent work on the flora of the East Indies, intended as a supplement to the author's Flora Javae. The "Rumphia" of the title is Blume's acknowledgment of debt to the work of Dutch naturalist George Eberhard Rumpf, whose Herbarium Amboinense (1750-1755) pioneered the study of flora in the East Indies. VERY SCARCE.

Published
Leiden: 1835 -1848 - [49].
References
Great Flower Books p. 50; Nissen 178; Stafleu TL2 566.
Plates
162
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
Leiden: 1835 -1848 - [49].
Ref
1529

FIRST EDITION OF THIS MAGNIFICENT WORK ON THE FLORA OF THE EAST INDIES, BASED PRIMARILY ON THE AUTHOR'S PLANT-HUNTING IN JAVA. Four volumes bound in 3, folio. Half-titles, three lithographed portrait frontispieces (two on india paper and mounted), 210 fine lithographed plates after Arckenhausen, Berghaus, Bick, Blume, Decaisne, Gordon, Latour, Lauters, and Payen, including 20 views (some on india paper and mounted), the rest botanical of which most are hand-coloured or partly so and 19 are large and folding, text and some uncoloured plates foxed but otherwise mostly to guards with hand-coloured plates generally clean and bright, contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt in compartments with green and tan roan labels, lightly rubbed. Karl Ludwig Blume (1796-1862) was a German botanist who spent most of his working life in the Netherlands, where he was director of the Rijksherbarium. He trained initially as a doctor, and his inquiries into native medicines led him to Java in 1817, where he began to study botany. He became director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden before returning to Europe. The present work is supplementary to Blume's Flora Javae. The title refers to Georg Eberhard Rumpf; Blume saw himself as continuing Rumpf's pioneering work and was acknowledged as his spiritual disciple with the cognomen "Rumphius." Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Medinilla pterocaula. 2. Medinilla macrocarpa. 3. Medinilla radicans. 4. Marumia muscosa. 5. Marumia zeylanica. 6. Astronia papetaria. 7. Astronia spectabilis. 8. Ewyckia cyanea. 9. Cinnamomum Sintoc (spurium). 10. Cinnamomum nitidum. 11. Cinnamomum iners floribus sterilibus. 12. Cinnamomum iners floribus fertilibus. 13. Cinnamomum (Sintoc) javanicum. 14. Cortex Culilawan verus A. (figs 1-13) / Cortex Culilawan Papuanus B. (figs 14-26) 15. Cortex Sintoc A. (figs 1-8) / Cortex Massoi B. (figs 9-25). 16. Antiaris toxicaria. 17. Strychnos Ticute. 18. Styrchnos ligustruna. 19. Arisaema laminatum. 20. Arisaema filiforme. 21. Biarum Bovei. 22. Typhonium cuspidatum et Variet. 23. Atherurus tripartitus. 24. Amorphophallus campanulatus. 25. Amorphophallus giganteus. 26. Amorphophallus variabilis. 27. Freycinetia strobilacea. 28. Freycinetia imbricata. 29. Freycinetia javanica. 30. Freycinetia insignis. 31. Freycinetia angustifolia. 32. Dehaasia microcarpa. 33. Dehaasia media. 34. Dehaasia cuneata. 35. Dehaasia elongata. 36. Modecca obtusa. 37. Modecca cordifolia. 38. Modecca populifolia. 39. Passiflora moluccana. 40. Passiiflora Horsfieldii 41. Antiaris innoxia. 42. Myristica fragrans. 43. Myristica tubiflora. 44. Myristica lepidola. 45. Myristica iners. 46. Myristica fatua. 47. Myristica (Knema) glauca. 48. Myristica (Knema) laurina. 49. Myristica (Pyrrosa) javanica. 50. Myristica (Pyrrosa) Horsfieldii. 51. Myristica (Pyrrhosa) glabra. Fig 1. A - B / Myristica globularia. Fig 2. / Myristica laevigata. Fig 3. 52. Aglaonema simplex. 53. Aglaonema marantaefolia. 54. Vanilla albida. 55. Vanilla aphylla. Fig 1. / Vanilla planifolia. Fig 2. 56. Cyrtosia javanica. 57. Cyrtosia altissima. Volume 2. 58. Fagraea anriculata (folding plate. 59. Fagraea minor. Fig 1. / Fagraeca morindaefolia. 60. Fagraea littoralis. 61. Fagraea obovata. 62. Fagraea fastigiata. 63. Fagraea lanceolata. 64. Fagraea crassifolia. 65. Fagraea morindaefolia (folding plate). 66. Fagraea (Cyrthophyllum) peregrina. 67. Fagraea (Cyrthophyllum) speciosa. 68. Ptychosperma Rumphii. 69. Ptychosperma appendiculata. 70. Orania regalis (folding plate). 71. Licuala spinosa (ramosa). 72. Licuala elegans. 73. Licuala gracilis. 74. Licuala nana. 75. Pericycla penduliflora. 76. Saribus rotundifolius. 77. Corypha Gebanga. 78. Corypha Gebanga. 79. Areca pumila. 80. Areca glandiformis. 81. Areca macrocalyx. 82. Oncosperma filamentosa. 83. Kentia procera. 84. Pinanga Nenga. 85. Pinanga costata. 86. Pinanga noxa. 87. Pinanga Kuhlii. 88. Pinanga coronata. 89. Pinanga coronata. 90. Pinanga minor. 91. Pinanga patula. 92. Pinanga furfuracea. 93. Iguanura leucocarpa. 94. Calyptrocalyx spicatus. 95. Cyrtostachys Renda (folding plate. 96. Arausiaca excelsa. 97. Saguerus (pinnatus) saccharifer. 98. Saguerus (pinnatus) saccharifer. 99. Saguerus Langkab. 100. Sagus Rumphii. 101. Sagus Rumphii. 102. Sagus elata. Fig 1. / Sagus filaris. Fig 2. 103. Ceratolobus glaucescens. 104. Ceratolobus concolor. 105. Daemonorops Draco. 106. Daemonorops Draco. 107. Daemonorops accedens. 108. Daemonorops melanochactes. 109. Daemonorops hirsutus. 110. Daemonorops crinitus. Volume 3. 111. Daemonorops heteracanthus. 112. Daemonorops oblongus. 113. Daemonorops oblongus. 114. Daemonorops adspersus. 115. Daemonorops adspersus. 116. Daemonorops fissus. 117. Daemonorops barbatus. 118. Calamus asperrimus. 119. Calamus ciliaris. 120. Calamus ornatus (folding plate). 121. Calamus anceps. 122. Calamus viminalis. 123. Calamus micranthus. 124. Calamus tetrasichus. 125. Calamus rhomboideus. 126. Korthalsia rigida. 127. Plectocomia elongata (folding plate). 128. Plectocomia Mulleri. 129. Caryoya propinqua. 130. Nipa fruticans (folding plate). 131. Nipa fruticans (folding plate). 132. Erioglossum edules. 133. Sapindus Rarak. 134. Meliosma lanceolata. 135. Meliosma nitida. 136. Podocarpus amara. 137. Podocarpus bracteata. 138. Dacrydium elatum.Fig 1 / Podocarpus cupressina.Fig 2. 139. Podocarpus agathifolia. Volume 4. 140. Gnetum latifolium. 141. Gnetum neglectum. Fig 2. 142. Cardiopteris javanica. Fig 1. 143. Pangium edule (folding plate). 144. Hydnocarpus heterophylla. Fig 1. 145. Salacia celebica. Fig 1. / Bergsmia javanica. Fig 2. 146. Kickxia arborea. Fig 1. / Orchipeda foetida. Fig 2. (folding plate). 147. Orchipeda foetida. 148. Kopsia arborea. 149. Hoya purpurea. Fig 1. / Hoya coronaria. Fig 2. 150. Hoya Corona Ariadnes. 151. Hoya macrophylla. 152. Hoya coriacea. 153. Pterostelma albiflorum. 154. Miquelia azurea. 155. Dendrophila trifoliata. 156. Grammatophyllum speciosum (folding plate). 157. Vanda furva. Fig 1. / Vanda insignis. Fig 2. / Aerides pallidum. Fig 3. / Cadetia angustifolia. Fig 4. / Podochilus densiflorus. Fig 5. (folding plate) 158. Aerides suaveolens. Fig 1. / Renanthera moluccana. Fig 2. / Schoenorehis juncifolia. Fig 3. / Oxystophyllum atropurpureum. Fig 4. / Dendrobium funiforme. Fig 5. / Dendrobium heteroideum. Fig 6. (folding plate) 159. Phalaenopsis amabilis. Fig 1. / Fieldia lissochiloides. Fig 2. / Luisia teretifolia. Fig 3. / Podochilus scalpellifolius. Fig 4. (folding plate) 160. Latouria spectabilis. Fig 1. / Cypripedium insigne. Fig 2. / Ephippium grandiflorum. Fig 3. / Appendicula pennicillata. Fig 4. (folding plate) 161. Arachnanthe moschifera (folding plate). 162. Haematorchis altissima.