91/38. 
25th May 
8 
Dear Dr.van Slooten, 
Thank you for your letter of loth May and for 
the specimens (313 sheets) which you have so kindly 
sent on loan. The specimens arrived here two days 
ago. 1 am moat obliged to you and I will return 
the material before I go on leave about l?th July. 
As regards Macaranga cornuta and frt .triloba, I 
am not certain that J.J.Smith was right in his 
reduction because we have certainly two species in 
Malaya, one answering to M. cornuta and the other 
to 11. triloba . I believe that Smith has joined the 
male plants of one with the female plants of the 
other 
x am very glad to know about the Campnogperma 
a cutiauris and to have the reference to van Steenis* 
paper which I should not otherwise have thought ol 
consulting on this point. 
Tours sincerely, 
Ag. Director of Gardens, 3.S 
Br.D.F.v&n Sloeten 
The Herbarium, 
Buitenzorg, 
J A VlA . 
