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THE 



0AftDEN5' BULLETIN, 



5TRAIT5 5ETrLEnEINT5. 



Vol. II. Issued January, 7th 1921. Nos 9, 10 and 11. 



A LIST OF THE FUNGI OF THE MALAY PENLNSULA. 



I. The object of this List. 



Till' Flowerino- I'lants of ilalaya have alreafly Teceived con- 

 sidera.l)le attention, partly I'roiii the fact that they are easy to study 

 and conect owiiiti- tn tlicir size, and [tartly that tliey early assumed 

 importance from their economic vahie. The results of these inves- 

 tiiiatidiis li;i\(' heen jmhlished I'lum time to time, ant; a ji'eneral view 

 of the whole embodied in the " Materials for a Flora of the Malay 

 I'eniusula." 'The Flora of tlie Malay Peninsula" itself, which 

 will pro\i(k' tlie statnlard work on systematic Phanero<rams. is now 

 in the pi'css. 



The reniainiler of tlie tioi'a, eonsistini>- of the Ferns, Fern x\llies, 

 .Mosses. AJLiMe. Lichens and Funoi has not yet heen considered in 

 any co-ordinated work. Witli tlie investi,i>-ation of this liranch in 

 view a special appoinlnient was made to the Staff of the Botanic 

 (Jardens. Sinuapori'. in 1!»14. lint owin.iz' to the war the post was not 

 taken \\\) till 11)1!). Work was tlieii immediately heo;un on the 

 FiMiiii as thev were coiisidci'cd to he of most economic importance. 

 The oi-i,uinal intention was to publish ''Materials'* from time to 

 time. Jiinl not to briny ont anv general work until sufficient inves- 

 ti.si'ations had been carried out IV)r tite ])roduction of a standard 

 puiblication. Owiiii: to an une\"i)eeted change of staff, however, and 

 the I'm-? that ; li interxal will elapse before the post can a,f^ain be 

 lilled. it was felt that the work of the past eighteen months ought 

 to he co-oi(linate<l aiuf put on r(n-ord rather than a risk lie run of its 

 being lost and having to be done over again. 



The piesent work i>. tliercfore. a compilation oidy. and is a 

 bringinti'-together cf all tlie information to which access lias been 

 obtained relating to the Fungi and Fungiis literature of the Malay 

 Peninsula. Time alone has not iiermitted the extension of these 

 imestigations to the other (Vyjitogams. 



In thi> (■■MiineiMlion eo atlenint ha? been maile to discuss the 

 niei'its of the various species 1o which collections ha\e been assigned, 

 nf)r h;'s it been possible, owing t,o the work having been carried out 



