HERIKRIUM EN MUSEUM 
VOOR SYSTEMATISCHE BOTANIE 
VAN 
’S LANDS PLANTENTUIN 
Please address correspondence to; 
Het Hoofd van tiet Herbarium van 
*s Lands Ptantentuin 
Buitenzorg, Java (Netherlands India) 
BUITENZORG,..£.9«.2-.193 y .Ja< 
(JAVA) 
The Director c p the Botanic hardens 
Singapore. 
In answer to your letter of Febr.P^th 
Dear Mr. holt turr , 
I must q'lHw mmt you that we have sent al 1 material we possess 
of the species of Ficus requested/ for Mr.Corner’s stu 
F.auranti&ca is not longer cultivated in the hardens and 
we cannot trace the origin. 
That certain forms of F.punctata known from outside Java 
are notjfound in this is 1 aid agreed with my experience 
I believe that the Sunda shelf pupolation is different from 
v. 
that in Java with regard to the lowlands. In Java the alti¬ 
tude is rather different vihich I mentioned in mj Sumatran 
report (Bull. Jar d.Bot .Btzg. 3J, The species certainly 
does not occur there in tho lower hilly and lowland coun¬ 
try, as the Peculiar habitats ar e absent (pa dang?, etc. ), But 
that cannot be the only reason, as for instance rocks and 
hot springs are in Java also at low Altitude. The mountain 
ridge ^orm£also known from so If a tar aj either as epiphyte or 
as non-epiphytic is the same in Sumatra and Java. 
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Mr. Corner can consult the Catalogue ^.lj8-ll|l to see 
which species of Ficus are cultivated in the hardens (Bull. 
Jar d« Bot. Btzg • suppl. 1 
Sincerely yours 
I 1 
* A 
Mr Ah Gun 
Please attach former letters & pass 
to Mr Corner. 
(C.vsn Steenis), 
r+/i «. 
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