February ?«3rd. To Kibong Tebal. The coonuts towards 
Prai are new plantings: old coconuts! are not met with 
until Bukit kortajaai is approached. Just before* Bukit Mer- 
■oajatn is reached there is an increased amount of Sagit- 
taria * . Soutrj of Bukit Mertajam there is a wide stretch 
of pineapples and a considerable quantity of tapioca. 
Bipa occurs m plenty at Sempang Ampat; and nearby are 
old coconuts in plenty and a little coffee, but the last 
only in a garden, . 
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i rom hi bong T,ebal stateion I w Iked through the 
Tillage to the road to the Ibal ferry. 
There is quite a lot of fruit on sale plantains 
' ; J - 6S i rambutans, pomeloes, mangosteens 
cabbage, betle-pepper leaves, white brinjal, ladies' fingers, 
l '’ quantity), gourds, Capsicum minimum and Colocasia. 
Vey4nfl the 'village, the road is' lined by Fipa 
palms in one side. Then very young coconuts are reached, 
among which Chinese squatters are growing Vegetables as 
i 
it omoro.ica Charantia, Luff a acutangula, Vigna Catiang, the forst 
two at present being very young. Upon the other side 
of the station similar cultivation exists to which is 
added the white brinjal. > . 
Rain came up at night.* 
February 24th. To Batu Feringhi. 'Dioscorea glabra was 
founds This plant is smaller in fruit than the. Dioscorea 
pynfolia which is hound in Singapore, and in Kuala Lumpur 
Chelone is common at Batu ^erjnghi; and a Tabernaemontar 
was flowering with white upright flowers. Rhodomyrtus and 
Melastoma malabathricum are in flower sparingly, of we ds 
Amarantus f> modus, a Sida, u rena lpbgita and Mimosa pudica 
Bre innflower about, Georgetown, 
Zizyphus Jujuba was seen. 
