CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Malayan Membraeidae, by W. D. Funkhouser - - 1 



Some Peculiar Papuan Customs, by Miss L, S. Gibbs - 15 



Hoseanthus Merrill, n. gen., by H. N. Ridley, C.M.G..F.E.S, 17 



The Bornean Species of Eugenia, Schefflera, and Saurauia, 



represented in the Singapore Herbarium, by E. D. Merrill \ 9 



The Circumstances Attending the Murder in 1859, of the 



Botanist James Motley, by I. H. Burkill - - 37 



Notes on Dipterocarps, by I. H. Burkill - - - 39 



A New Dendrobium, D. gracilipes, from the Rhio Archipelago, 



by I. H. Burkill ..... 45 



The Qannibal King in the " Kedah Annals," by C. 0. Blagden 47 



The Hadramaut Saiyids of Perak and Siak, by R. . Winstedt 49 



Some Perak Pedigrees, by R. 0. Winstedt, - - 55 



New and Rare Malayan Plants, Series X., by IL N. Ridley, 



C.M.G. t F.R.S. - - - - - - 63 



Time of Sunrise and Sunset at Singapore and Penang 



throughout! the Year, by H. Marriott - - 101 



Begonia Haninii, a small tuberous species of the Islands of 



Lankawi, by I. H. Burkill - - . . 103 



The Hindu Element in Malay Marriage Ceremony, by 



R.O. Winstedt - - - - - 105 



Diet Nutrition and Excretion of the Asiatic Races in 



Singaporer by J, Argyll Campbell - - • 107 



