544/3^ 
28th November 
ct 
V* 
36. 
Bear van Steenis, 
Very many thanks for yours of* November 24th. 
I am exceedingly grateful to you for taking so 
much trouble over this, especially when you are 
so busy with other matters. 
I think the concilia ions came to about fires 
caused by lightning in this part of the world ere 
correct. I have often seen trees killed by 
lightning without any more damage resulting than 
the death of that tree and possibly some of the 
adjacent, vegetation* 
Only some (fe&neraceae ax*e limestone guides* 
Spithema is as you say, a rock plant. Boea, Parsboea 
onl y 
(Su.Paraboea) and Chirita are perhaps better guides. 
Didymooarous and Bidissandra curiously enough are 
apparently lime aroids* 
I will deal with your request.3 for oii3sing 
parts of the Materials and No*85 of J. 8.B.R. A. S. , 
also with your paper on Pr.Pulie, as soon as I can* 
B£any thanks for reprint of “Szploratie in du Oajij— 
Landen. ,T I must try to learn to read Dutch! 
Yours sincerely, 
Br.C. 0.0* J. van Steenis, 
The Herbarium, 
Botanic Oar&ens, 
Buitenzorg, 
JAVA. 
