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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, 
All communications should be addressed to 
The Director, 
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quoting the following number: — 
2/S IMG/1. 
Dear HoItturn, 
KEW, SURREY. 
11th May 
1940. 
sent me a packet of seed 
Nauen wrote to me on June 27th, 1938, and 
f Loxocarpus , which he informed 
me had "been gathered from pla its growing on T^Slders in a 
stream near Kota Tinggi, Johore, on the previous day. 
These reached us early in July and seedlings came up, hut 
vovy soon damped off. Fortunately, we kepu the you Ou it 
was, and later some more seedlings came up, and noxi after 
considerable trouble in keeping the plants alive they nave 
flowered. The flower is singularly like a ^^oo^nu s 
flower in general features and the leaves are bright green 
with a shiny upper surface. 
It is a very interesting plant which we 
cannot match here, and we have not yet succeeded in getting 
any fruits from our plant, though I had one of the flowers . 
fertilised yesterday. 
R. 
I should be very glad to know if you have 
identified the plant at Singapore, and also whether you 
possess any fruits, as it appears to be a new species and 
without fruits we cannot be sure whether the genus is 
correct. 
Should 3 ^ou have any duplicate pressed 
specimens of the plant, and especially any fruits, I shall 
be very glad to have them if you could send them, together 
with any information you may be able to give me about this 
interesting plant. 
Yours sincerely. 
E. Holttum, Esq.. , 
Botanic Gardens, 
SINGAPORE , 
Straits‘Settlements. 
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