palatable. A peat-swamp forest at Badas with Shorea albida, “seringawan 
as the dominant was visited on 28th August and again on 3rd September. 
Here felling of “seringawan” was in progress. The tree has large buttresses 
and from these arise enormous gnarled and tangled surface-roots which make 
walking very difficult. The interstices between the roots are crammed with 
saplings and ground flora and this covering hides the treacherous holes into 
which one’s foot can easily slip. Several of the peat-swamp species enumerated 
by Anderson in his work on these forest were located here. A few are 
Stemonurus scorpioides, Goniothalamus malayanus, Polyalthia hypoleuca, 
Lecananthus erubescens, Knema kunstleri, Ficus deltoidcs var, niotleyana and 
Combretocarpus rotund at us. 
36. As mentioned previously, the party proceeded to Bukit Puan on 
29th August by launch and stayed there at a saw-mill. Collections were made 
from Bukit Puan, Bukit Labi and the river banks of the Sungei Belait above 
Bukit Puan. The main timber trees at Bukit Labi is Agathis alba subspecies 
borneensis , “tulang” (Malay), “bulu” (Iban), but it is not found in any great 
quantity. The Forest Department has started a nursery for young seedlings 
of this tree and it is hoped that they will reach maturity one day. The terrain 
in this area consists of sandy ridges and a new species of Cyathocalyx was 
taken here. There were also some plants which so far have not been identified. 
A new Hopea species H. fluvialis Ashton, common on the river banks, was 
gathered in fruit. 
37. On 1st September, the party crossed the Belait and Baram rivers 
and visited Miri in the 4th Division of Sarawak, returning to Seria in the 
evening. A most puzzling shrub, locally called “balek angin’’ was common 
by the sandy roadsides at the 31st mile Miri-Kuala Baram Road, Sarawak. 
It was seen again on kerangas west of Muara Beach but both times without 
flowers or fruit. It was later identified at Singapore as Alphitonia moluccana 
(Rhamnaceae). 
38. On Sunday, 3rd September, the party left Seria and arrived at 
the rest house in Brunei Town in preparation for the return to Singapore. 
A visit was paid to Berakas on 5th September to look for Knema galeata , 
a species hitherto found only in male flower. A few very old fruits were 
obtained but some time later the State Forest Officer sent excellent fruiting 
material of this species to the Gardens. 
39. Finally one more plant must be mentioned which will at once 
strike anyone at all interested in vegetation visiting Brunei. It can be seen 
from the town rest house scrambling over the trees on the hillside in white 
patches, but is commoner at the 23rd mile by the Tutong-Brunei roadside. 
The plant on closer inspection will be seen to have purple flowers and is 
Jacquemontia tomentella var. micrantha (Convolvulaceae). 
40. Mr. Burkill’s collecting at Fraser’s Hill was done while on casual 
leave. The major part of the specimens resulted from a strenuous slog to 
Pine Tree Hill, now safely accessible since the end of the emergency and 
the clearing of the forest of terrorists. The party had the company, fortun- 
ately at a respectful distance, of a ‘seladang’ cow and calf ( Bos gaurus 
huhbacki), both going and returning. A number of new or rare records for 
the Fraser’s Hill area were recorded including: a Sonerila sp. not matched 
in Singapore, Dischidia gaudichaudii, Coelogyne stenochija , Campnosperma 
minor, and Pyramidantha prismatica. Liparis purpureo-viridis; an attractive 
ground orchid known only from Fraser’s Hill and Gunong Tahan was seen 
in flower in great abundance. The fern Matonia pectijiata collected at the 
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