It is requested that tlw 
following number be quoted 
in the reply to this letter, 
and that replies be addressed 
to the office, and not to in¬ 
dividuals by name. 
No 71in F.R. 0. 70/35. 
FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
KEPONG, SELANGOR. FED. MALAY STATES. 
]£th December , 19 36. 
Dear Corner, 
I f m very sorry I’ve taken so long to reply 
to yours of 30th Nov. but I have been either away from Kepong 
or very busy with other things. 
Now re your queries - 
Baccaurea 
1 . I do not know anything about Jack’s He dyearpus mala - 
yanus but if there is no specimen perhaps it should be 
treated as a nomen dubium . 
2. This is my idea of the plant described as Baccaurea 
malayana - 
Maing. (Malacca) K. D. 1455 (with flowers) (seen by md) 
was described as Baliosnermum malayanum Hook f. in F. B. I. V: 
463 which Ridley (Flor. Kal.Penys. Y: 332) transferred to 
Scorteohinia Hook f. 
0 
Another collection of Maingay’s from Malacca, with 
fruits, (K. D. 1363) (seen by me .') was described as Baccaurea 
malayana (Jack) King ex Hook. f. F. B. I. V: 374. Hooker 
also cited collections of Kunstler from Perak but these I 
have not seen. i.e.Ridl = Baliosper - 
mum malayanum Hook. - f. — Baccaurea malayana King ex Hook.f. 
But as Scorteohinia Hook.f. = Reoscortechinia Pax. presumably 
malavana 
the name will be Heoscortechinia/(King) comb. nov. 
3 . That is just the "bones" of the thing as it appears 
to me on a rather hurried superficial examination. Our 
specimens of this species which I am sending to you are - 
0.F. 2266, 16069, & 37873. They are a pretty grubby lot 
