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It is requested that the 
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. 
Nn 71 in F .ii.1 . 3 5/38 . 
FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 
KEPONG, SELANGOR, FED, MALAY STATES. 
3rci January.,. 19 39 . 
Denr Henders on, 
jl received the 15 duplicates of ciipterocarps 
all r^ght but was expecting a covering nemo. Your note of 
24th inst. makes things clear. 
2. 1 am attaching a list of determinations. 
3 . Yes, x think it is quite common for diptero- 
carps to fail to set fruit, particularly when flowering has 
been rather sporadic, x think in most cases the fruits start 
to develop but insect attack makes them fall early, sometimes 
when very small, and may finish off an entire crop. 
( 
yoo 
4, Thank/for the volume of Scheffer which x am 
now returning, x am afraid 1 don't know what belief f. in -’lorn 
liii (1870) refers to. it includes something about dip ter o- 
carps and I wanted to find out more about it. 1*11 try 
Bui ten2org. 
M.R. Henderson, Esq,, 
B o tnni c ifc r d ens, 
Singapore . 
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