HORTUS VEITCH1I 



journeys from Labuan to Kina Balu, but failed in his endea- 

 vours to introduce specimens to European gardens. 



Thomas Lobb, the most successful of all Eastern plant- 

 hunters, also endeavoured to find the habitat of these plants 

 in 1856, and had actually reached the foot of the mountain on 

 which they grew, but was prevented by the hostility and 

 extortion of the natives from completing the ascent. Burbidge 

 was successful in introducing living plants and seeds, but 

 unfortunately Nepenthes Rajah has proved of such very 

 difficult culture that few specimens exist in gardens. 



Another curious species also discovered and introduced by 

 Burbidge is Nepenthes bicalcarata, remarkable in having two 

 long spurs projecting over the mouth of the pitcher. 



The three native courts of Jahore, Brunei and Sulu were 

 visited, and Burbidge was enabled to make extended excur- 

 sions into the interior of Sulu itself. 



The collection made on the last-named island comprised new 

 Ferns, rare Mosses and several beautiful Orchids, including 

 PhalaDnopsis Marise, Dendrobium Burbidgei and Aerides 

 Burbidgei, all rare plants at the present day. 



The first expedition to Kina Balu, the Sugar Loaf Mountain of 

 Borneo, was made in company with P. C. M. Veitch (q.v.), who 

 joined Burbidge on his return from an extended tour through 

 Australia and the Fiji Islands. 



This journey was a critical and tedious one, and the entire 

 route from Gaya Bay to the mountain and back to the coast 

 through the villages of Kuong, Kalawat and Bawang, had 

 to be accomplished on foot. 



These labours were rewarded by finding all the large species 

 in one locality, and in addition a distinct form of Nepenthes 

 Edwardsiana not previously collected. 



On his return from Borneo in 1879 Burbidge was appointed 



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