72 NOTES ON A TRIP TO BUKIT ETAM, SELANGOR. 



they had light loads. The temperature inside the hut at 8.30 

 p. m was 64 Fahr. 



Next morning I started at 6 a m. and moved up to the 

 upper camp, and started collecting plants. I got a good num- 

 ber, including 25 species of fir and some good orchids, amongst 

 which were a lot of Aiiectochlis similar to those I got on the 

 previous trip ; also a good Bulbophyllum. I gathered a sack 

 full of orchids for Mr. RlDLEY of the Botanic Gardens, Singa- 

 pore. 



The temperature at 6 p. m. outside the hut was 63 Fahr. 

 The minimum reading on the morning of the 18th was 56 , 

 and at 1 1 a. m. the temperature was 64 . The thermometer 

 w r as hung outside the north end of the hut, the hut being on 

 the western slope of the hill. I collected another sack full of 

 orchids, all from the top of the hill. I also found three speci- 

 mens of a saprophyte — Thismia aseroe — -and one of my men 

 brought me a small land crab of a reddish-brown colour and 

 about half an inch across. * 



Finding my men had run out of rice, and having collected 

 as much as I could carry, I decided to return to Kwala Lum- 

 pur that afternoon, and started at 2 p. m. in pouring rain, 

 leaving my men to follow with the baggage. It rained all the 

 way to Kwala Lumpur, which I reached at 9.45 p. m. My 

 men came in the next afternoon. 



The following Plants were collected by Lieut. 

 Kelsall on Bukit Etam, Selangor ;— ■ 

 Dillenia aurea, Sm. 

 Illicum cambodianum, Kurz. 

 Pyrenaria Kunstleri, King. 

 Schima Noronhse, Var. ? In fruit only. The leaves thick, 



rounded and blunt, with entire edges. Possibly a new 



species. 

 Rour'ea acuminata, Hook. 

 Allomorpha exigua, Grif. 

 Sonerila tenuifolia, Bl. A Javanese plant, not hitherto 



recorded from the Peninsula. [There were also two 



* Since returning to Singapore, I have found a similar one on Bukit Timah, 



