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August '28th. from ^eriang to Tannin, At Pondok Tan jong 
Dioscorea bulbifera v s observed. This ' species is_ not 
uncommon in Penang, where for instance it' grows in the 
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V* aterfal 1 Oar- dens, in Macalister roas , and -e 1 sewher . 
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August 29th. to Malacca, hack to Oadek, to h emU ning and 
thence via Sadek to lamp in. ' * 
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In 'the streets of Malacca very nie’e loo king pineapple 
were being- sold, also mangosteens, durians, baccaurea, Dioscorea 
alatfa, Pachrrhizus, brinj’als, cabbage, radishes, chillies, Vigna, 
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plantains, And the herb shop was offering ‘the following 
Oldenalndia corymbosa, -^eperomia reflexa, Pclipta alba, 
Slej)hantopusscaber Hydrocotyle rotundi folia,, fhysalis minima, 
Van de 111 a Crustacea., Euphorbia hype rici folia,* Pimbri stylis 
the common w ed of rice fields, Pontederia, Cassia alata 
Amarantus viridis, Blumea balsamifer a, Tusticia gendarussa, 
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Plant, ago- major, and a x common little composite. 
Between ,adek and ^emuning . Cassia' tore, is very 
common (is it Tora or the simi 1 ar species ?) , 
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In the evening I left for Singapore, 
COCONUT • INSPECTIONS 
in SINGAPORE. December 22nd. , 1914, , In the little 
bit of jungle at C angi ^aphnlphyllurn laurinum is fruiting 
plentifully, but the fruits are not quite ripe yet,. 
There is Meolitsea zeylanica well in - flower but not much 
otherwise. Under the coo nuts at the Police station 
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Allmannia was newly in. flower; stb it begins, a season 
say in August. 
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Cle is tan thus heterophyllus was seen in flower on 
the road to Changi. 
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Under the bark of a d caying palm truble were found 
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seedlings apparently those fo the common blue Commelyna. 
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Could ants have carried the seeds thither? 
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December 23rd, Plants 251 to 263 were collected 
