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Essays, Series II, vol. ii. p. 20) an extraordinary genealogy is 

 given representing- Adam as the father of Seth, Seth of '' Nur- 

 ohaya," Nurchaya of Sang-yang- Wenang- Sang'-yang- VVenang- 

 of Sang-yang Tunggal, Sang-yang Tunggal of Guru, and Guru 

 of Sangyang Sambu, Bcrahma, Mahadewa, Bisnu, and Dewi Seri 

 It is impossible to do much with this genealogy except to noti(^e 

 that " Guru" is treated as distinct from the '^ Mahadewa," another 

 name for Siva. Thus Guru is represented as the father of the 

 Hindu Trinity, and also of Sambu (whom I cannot identify) and 

 Seri, who is the Hindu Sri, the goddess of grain and therefore 

 a deity of immense importance to the old Javanese and Malays' 

 " Sri " is the goddess invoked in another invocation in the 

 Selangor Journal article of the 22nd February, 1895; where 

 the Pawang addresses the padi : 



" Lagi di dalam Shurga 

 " Hernama buah khaldi (?) 

 " Sampai ka-dunya bernama 

 " Buah Seri, tenyang Seri. " 



" Jangan rosak jangan binasakan 

 '' Buah Seri, tenyang Seri." 



To this passage Mr. Skeat adds a note : " The Seri fruit 

 " may mean the blessed fruit (in the ordinary sense of Seri or Sri) 

 "and be given as a euphonious title to padi, but it reminds one 

 " strang'ely of ' Ceres,' the goddess of grain. " 



R J. IF. 



Calanthe vestita Lindl. in Selangor. 



This well-known and popular orchid has rather a remark- 

 able distribution, being found in Tenasserim and Borneo, and it 

 might well be expected to occur somewhere in the interujediate 

 region, especially in limestone districts. It does not occur, so 

 far as is known in the Lankawi islands, where it might have 

 been expected, being replaced there by the pretty C. ruhens 

 Ridl., but I found a single plant in a crevice in a tree on the 

 top of the limestone rocks at the Kuala Lumpur caves (Gua 

 batu). It was in perfect flower in December, and was a very 

 fine form. The upper part of these rocks is in many places 

 ■quite inaccessible, and indeed it is in but few places one can get 



