10 , 
February 11th. By motor to Merlimau and to the Forest 
Reserve. Rice lands and village lands alternate until Merlimsu 
* % * 
is reached except that 
the 
road in one 
r^lace 
touches 
rubber: from Merlimau to 
* 
the 
V 
Reserve it 
is all 
rubber 
except for a. small . patch of coconuts and a hit of jungle 
in a hollow. 
The rice appears to be all of one variety, except 
for a very small admixture of no. 419. I observe that 
many ox the plants are sterile. There is a little land 
lyi ig fallow covered by sedges, arid-£ hat close to Malacca 
town. The rice lapds are backed by coconut groves, with 
a variety of fruit tress intermixed. These fruit trees 
are chiefly Raccaureas, mangosteens ♦ and Mepheliums, Durians 
a,re rare and so 
are 
o ranges , 
Pomelos 
are 
more 
common 
Mangos are rare . 
There 
is no 
t f ruit 
upon 
these 
trees 
this sea, son; and 
what 
one sees in 
the 
village 
shops 
is plantains and 
rarely 
durian 
blanda. 
Pepper occurs in small patches, and also brinjals. 
Pineapples are isolated except wher near Merlimau a 
small^ patch of rubber has been interplanted with them. 
Alocasia macrorrhiza was seen but once. 
In iOCDlKSK villages Chinese cabbages and keladis are 
« 
plentifully on sale 
ho Vinca r/jsda was seen. Turnera was . seen sparingly. 
Ohasalia curviflora is plentiful under trees at ITmbai . 
Hibiscus surattensis was ,seen once. Ardisia orena,ta id 
common. The very curious Thottea grand!flora was p'lehti- 
ful in one- spot: it flowers close to the earth. Very few 
arcids carry flowers now, 
Melaleuca leucadendron has been used as a roadside 
tree where- the road' crosses rice land. The trees lean 
out markedly ay ay from the road. 
Rear Malacca, I found Vi scum articulatum growing on 
Loranthus ferruginous parasitic upon Eriodendron fractuosum. 
Mi pa, fruits are not ripe here, nor nea^rlx/- so. 
