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No. b 1 1 / jib. 
No , 2 in Agi’ic.^ay/^. 
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, 
KEDAH. 
_r~ 2)rd Ran than, IJyp. 113 • 
a&»-sH 7th December, 19^6. i. 19 • 
Sir, 
With reference to your letter of the j$0th November, 
I have the honour to inform you that as far as I know more 
than one variety of "Pupor" exists in Kedah. 
I shall try and forward you flowering specimens 
when the trees are in flower about June or July. Tampoi 
which I take to be Baccaurea moile-yana occurxin abundance 
in Kedah and specimens will be forwarded to you when available 
about fruiting time, which will be in August or September 
next year. 
I do not know whether Taban is another name for 
Tampoi but this name is not known here. However in the Malayan 
Plant Names, Taban is put down as representing B.Griffithii 
and B.Velutina. There is a short reference in Riddley to 
B.Griffithii but I cannot find anywhere in any of the 
literature I have at my disposal a reference to B.Velutina. 
Gould you therefore supply me with a more detailed information 
on this variety. 
The 
Asst. Director of Gardens, 
3. 3. SINGAPORE. 
