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Pogonia plicata Avas found at th(> ruined huuo-alow of Mr. 

 Krskine aliove tlie Waterfall (Janiens (abandoned ahout (iO to 70 

 years a.ti'o). 



Annii/init sjierioyii ami Anind'ntK riiiHiijiii. were found on tlio 

 to]) of the old Quarrv near the entrance to the (wardens. Tlic3' 

 may he scir-sown from the plants cultivated in the (Jardens: l)iit 

 hoth are likely to he lost when tlie secondary .jun<;le in which they 

 ari' found heconies ovtM\arowu with (ileichenia, etc. 



With re,uard to h'f'tKinllicrd araclmHis, T find that it escai)ed 

 the notice of the old collectors. It was found unexpectedly hy me 

 ill the \ alley of .\yer 1^'tam Hill on large boulders forming the 

 boundary betv/een two [)lantations, and apparently is indigenous. 



riuiiiu'itopsis rsiiKmlild. known as regards the western side of 

 the Peninsula only to grow near the coasts of Lankawi was un- 

 ex])ectedlv found on Keilah Peak at about 2()()n feet above sea 

 level. 



DeHilruhiiiiii cricaefloniiii and Thnnia alha. These occur in 

 the Himalayas and the latter as far south as Lower Burmah : hut 

 this is the first time that they have been collected in the Malay 

 Peninsula. Their occurrence illustrates Mr. Jiidley's renuirk tliat 

 the flora of India travels as far as Kedah Peak. 



(' ijiiiliuHtiiii Mniinjhiaiiiini . ('i/iiihi(Jiinn Flnlaij^oniauuiii . var. 

 (ilrojiurjiiirrinii . Bulhojihi/Uniii fnxciiialor. and Eria oclnncea were 

 found on the isolated hill in Setoi known as Bukit Bunga. They 

 are new to iialaya and are iiot mentioned t)y ilr. Pidley in his 

 Materials for a Hoi'a of the Malayan Peninsula. The Eria and 

 BulbophfjJlKiii f(i.\< iii(il(,r were found by me and forM'arded to 

 the Koyal Botanical (iardens, Kew. through Mr. Derry. In the 

 Kew Bulletin, 1i)(l!), page MGG they are referred to as probablv fror.i 

 Siani : the exact locality is Setol. 



Moiiorhoria rdi/iiinlis, occurs at Jenun in a very handsome 

 form, the raceme of deep blue flowers being six inches long and 

 more, while the blades of the leaves are so narrow as not to obscure 

 it. 'Hiis form has been introduced into the Waterfall (iardens. 



MoirA:^rKn Haxiff. 



A Skipper Trapped in a flower of Dipladenia Harrisii. 



In the l)Otanic (nirdens on November 1st, 1915, a skipper, 

 Ifi/arolis (dlnislus, w^as ohservecl struggling in a flower of Dip- 

 ladenia llarriMi. It was ohviously held hy its prohoseis. In- 

 vestigation showed that the insect seeking for honey had managed 

 to pass this organ in between the corolla wall and the exceedingly 

 pilose outer surface of the cone of anthers and could not extract it 

 again. 



I. H. Br-RKILL. 



