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3rd March 
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Your letters 25*1*36 an d 4*3*3 6* 
Dear Quisumbing, 
I am returning the specimens of Ficus (113 sheets) 
which you very kindly loaned to me for study. I have 
completed my revision of the subgenus Synoecia and hope 
to get my work published this year* I have made 
several new species from Borneo and several new varie¬ 
ties, The Philippine F.megaearpa I can regard only as 
a variety of F.callicarpa. The Philippine 1l F>apiocarpa tt 
I refer to F, Scratchleyana from New Guinea, Your 
material has been, of course, invaluable to me. 
2. X am sending you, in all, 4 parcels of specimens 
as follows 
Herbarium Sheets on loan —- 113 
Per attached coupon 8 ) 
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** tf " 105 ) 
Duplicates of Ficus subgen, 
Synoecia -— 9 
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Miscellaneous Duplicates - 192.- 
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3* I am sending undex* separate cover a log-hook of 
the voyage of the Sipat Siam by S/3 kedang. 1 hop© 
the fish travelled safely, 
4. I am sending also 12 seeds of Borasaua sundaicus . 
obtained from Kedah. This is the Malayan form of 
Borassus f l abel l lfera . I understand that the seeds 
Dr•E.Quis umbing, 
Bureau of Science, 
Manila, 
Philippines. 
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