Useful work is being done by botanists of the land utilisation section, 
C.S.I.R.O Canberra, and of the Forest Department of New Guinea, but it 
is desirable that the monographer who is engaged on such work should see 
hL a l TL tre c S “f the f °x reSL U is h °P ed that arrangements now 
conc?uded d d ^ SmC air t0 New Guinea in 1962 wi,! be successfully 
in w W ’ S r rk K°? th c e Urdcaceae was held up by his participation 
n .he Ro>al Society Kinabalu Expedition. However the work on the genera 
tl nd reached an advanced stage of preparation. As In the 
case of the Mynstica types, there is difficulty locating and examining type 
collections of tne genera under review which, if they still exist are laid in 
European herbaria. This would normally be resolved by the monographer 
Sil l! re, evant institutions and it is hoped that in a year or two’s time 
this will be possible. The Botanic Gardens are greatly indebted to Miss P I 
Edwards, Librarian, of the British Museum of Natural History, and to Dr 
°i U i°/ F ° ra MaIesiana Foundation, who have supplied photocopies 
of critical literature not available in Singapore. 
38. Miss Chang collected fungi and was particularly occupied with 
the genus Lepiota which as recorded elsewhere in this report, was the cause 
. P 01S0ning : T . wo hundred and thirty seven numbers of fungi were added 
/cones fungonan'^ hcr ^ ar,uni ’ Seventy two illustrations were added to the 
39. Dr. Furtado. now on retirement and working on a voluntary basis 
determined material sent over from the Kuching herbarium, some of 'it clas- 
sical collections of Haviland and Hose. 
. Determination of material received from other institutions proceeded 
satisfactorily, and inspite of the absence of herbarium staff on the Kinabalu 
Expedition good progress was made with naming Mr. Ashton’s large collec- 
tions from Brunei. This is the first really comprehensive collection of forest 
trees from Brunei and so fills a gap in our knowledge of the Bornean flora. 
41, Routine mounting, repairing of damaged sheets and poisoning were 
continued without break. Three mounters are now employed and inroads are 
being made into the backlog of specimens awaiting mounting. Some 3 000 
sheets were prepared and laid in. 
42. 
XVII. LOANS OF HERBARIUM MATERIAL 
Nine loans were made, all in connection with monographic revi- 
h I nr n D * i • i i ^ , 
- 1 wau! uiunugj upnic revi- 
sions for Flora MaIesiana. The Rijksherbarium, Leiden, took 950 sheets of 
Sapmdaceae, Sapotaceae, Ochnaceae, Primulaceae. Pisonia, Pvoeum and 
Unnosta. Canberra took 706 sheets of Saxifragaceae and Monimiaceae. Sheets 
received on loan were 1,280 Myristicaceae for Mr. Sinclair’s work. They came 
from the University of California. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kuching 
Herbarium, Arnold Arboretum and the Rijksherbarium Leiden 
HORTICULTURE 
XVII 1. GARDENS MAINTENANCE 
The Lake 
43. The main horticultural work was carried out in June, July and 
August when the dry weather and the reduced flow of water into the Lake 
gave the opportunity for draining it for repairs to the crumbling banks at 
the upper end, and for the removal of an accumulation of silt An average 
of 40 labourers daily were deployed from their usual duties on this work 
A coral boulder wall was made around the head of the Lake. Considerable 
quantities of mud and silt were removed and put in the Dell Rockery. Bridges 
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