to their liking and - had eaten every, leaf: then had 
niholed at sugar cane leaves. 
Through Machap and along the side of the SeSAndar 
forest, In observed a scarcity of flowers. The roadside on 
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the forest edge is' margined by Gleichenia, Selaginell-a, 
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Ko raalonema , etc. hioscorea orhiculata (no, 530) v as observed 
and near Machap h.pvrif olia. hioscorea esculenta was seen 
in cult ivation by a tarnil whq said thet he had brought 
the tubers from India, and I) , N alata by a chinaman , The 
latter was on ridge-s without any support, hioscorea. hispi da 
is not uncommon. 
Some excellent pepper was seen near -Machap under 
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shade of rubber. .Hear Malacca is a moderate area of ginger. 
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July 5th, At the ginger patch just mentioned the china- 
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men were in great excitement at the approach of locusts; 
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but it did hot appear that they would eat the ginger,. 
They were seen to eat the- grasses and sedges growing as 
weeds in the trenches between the. rows of ginger. 
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My route took me -through Durian Tunggal, Jaein, to 
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Myalas. hioscorea hispida was quite common in the malay hold¬ 
ings die rywhere, having been planted chiefly for use in 
the manufacture of giila mal aka. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus 
nad Pacfnyrrhizus tuberosus were seen in gardens, and also 
Cap si cum minimum, hioscofea alata was seen very sparingly. 
hioscorea pyrin:olia • was found in the ITyalas valley, 
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There the abundance of Komalonema coeruleum was striking. 
I f -' rj spathes open only at the tip, allowing the apex of 
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the spadix just to protrude: after flowering they fill with 
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water f and then close up and bend over almost to the ground. 
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July 6th, to Durian Tunggal, Jassin, back to Kesang 
with Morten, to Jassfn again, to Merlimau, to Bukit Gademg , and 
returned to Jasin and from it to Malacca,. 
At Eukit Gadong is a tract of land which has been swampy 
and which- is now drained ■ by a long ditch. Here young • 
