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here from March 20 to 28, when his ship left for the Nicohars. 

 I have but few records however of what he collected here. 

 Kunstler, collecting for Sir George King, visited and col- 

 lected in Trang, and a number also of his plants are 

 issued as from Quedah, (Kedah), but as no special locality 

 is given and the plants mostly have the appearance' of having 

 come from south of Alor Sta, I have omitted most from 

 the list. Mr. C. Curtis of the Penang gardens explored much 

 in this region, making very extensive collections in the 

 Lankawi archipelago, including the outstanding Island of 

 Terutau, and on the mainland at Pungah (Pngah), Kasum 

 Tongkah and Puket in Junkseylon, Kopah, and Trang. 

 Mr. Fox visited Kopah, and native collectors have brought 

 plants from several localities on this coast. Mr. Kloss kindly 

 took a native botanical collector to Chong in Trang last year, 

 who brought down a small collection. Mr. St. V. B. Down has 

 collected a few plants of interest iu Singora and other spots in 

 this region, and Mr. C. Goldham some from Trang, Tongka, etc. 



Tongka and Eenong have long been known as great 

 collecting grounds by the orchid dealers. 



In 1890-1891, Dr. Keith who was stationed at Bangta- 

 phan on the East Coast, made an excellent collection of the 

 flora there and at Bangtaphanoi. His collections with very 

 complete notes and sketches of structure of the flowers is 

 preserved in the herbarium of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. 



With these collections and the plants obtained in the 

 expedition this year Feb.— March, 1910, to Kedah, Perlis and 

 Setul, we have a very fair idea of the flora of this region 

 though much yet remains to be done in the mountains of the 

 interior and on the East Coast. 



Of the neighbouring countries which might throw light 

 on the questions of distribution aud origin of this flora, 

 Tenasserim was explored by Parish and others ; the Mergui 

 archipelago by Griffith. 



Siam proper has not been yet adequately explored, a 

 few small collections have been made but little has as yet been 

 published. French Indo China has been better investigated. 



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