144 OCCASIONAL NOTES. 



Chelaka Derahka means that whosoever disobeys these or- 

 ders shall be considered guilty of treason. 



Whoever disobeys the aforesaid rules is liable to a fine not 

 exceeding twenty-five dollars. 



M. L. 



ON THE OCCURRENCE OF A RHODODENDRON IN 

 SINGAPORE. 



In January of this year, while walking near the bungalow 

 on the top of Bukit Timah with Lieutenant Kelsall, I ob- 

 served in the upper branches of a lofty Dipterocarpous tree, 

 probably a species of Shorea, an epiphytic plant with red 

 flowers. On going to the foot of the tree we picked up several 

 fallen blossoms, from which it was evident that the plant was 

 a species of Rhododendron, and that, one not known to occur 

 in the Malay Peninsula. The tree was about J50 feet high, 

 and about 6 feet through, without a branch for fully 80 feet, so 

 that it was by no means easy to reach it. The following plan 

 was then adopted. A number of large spike nails were driven 

 into the tree, and a pole lashed to them so as to form a ladder, 

 for about a quarter of a distance. A Malay then ascended 

 this with a further supply of nails, and a pulley block being 

 fixed to the tree another pole was hauled up and made fast to 

 the lower one. This was done again and again till the lowest 

 branch was reached, and eventually the plant was lowered to 

 the ground. There were two plants on the tree, which were 

 transferred to the Botanic Gardens, where one remained a 

 long time in flower. The plant is an exceedingly beautiful 

 one, with clusters of nodding flow r ers about two inches long, of 

 a beautiful crimson-red colour. It appears to be identical with 

 one figured in the Botanical Magazine under the name of 

 Rhododendron javaniciim var. tubiflorum (Tab. 9850), dif- 

 ering only in the colour, which in the picture is a very dull 

 red. The plant from which this drawing was made was ob- 



