become one of the comonest of the plants* I saw no 
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Thrixsperraum lilacinum, v;hich formerly had been common; but 
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the little He nan th era 
Vanda, hooker.! ana along 
identical -with no, 356, 
was present in some amount along with 
with a . c ac colabium 1! e if not 
It was sent alive to Singapore, 
. 
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Phreatia minuti flora, was obtained also, Cymbidium f inlay son- 
ianum and ^ramraatophyllum were observed but not collected, 
* 
■ March 26th, ' r enang was reached at the end of about 
six hours of rain, and in the afternoon. Government hill was 
climbed to the Crag hotel. 
• Spatho&ea campanul at a is growing poorly at the Crag 
attaining only 20 ft,, and with ,liapy d^adhbranches, Ptero- 
carpus. indicus is just commencing to flower at the Crag, 
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Upon the ascent very little indeed was seen in 
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flower. The scarlet Bauhinia was seen in one place; Schima 
Noror4gae in several and an Ixora once, Lantana i as seen 
near the Crag, 
Hetinodendron pallidum was found not fa,r from the 
bottom of the hill. 
Ho . orchids’ were -in flower, ^romheadia further carried 
no fruit; but Habenaria lacertifera carried ripe capsules, 
its leaves being dead, 
Penang has had a dry spell,- 
March 27th into Penang and bach to the Crag, There are 
more flowers out than I surmised; for one does not see 
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them so easily in ascending as in descending. An Eugenia 
is just coming into flower, A Merremia is in bud, A Baccaurea 
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was fo nd in flower, A Xanthophyllum was observed inflowef 
in one individual, and also an Elaeocarpus, 
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The’ Spathodea trees in the Waterfall Cardens are 
only one degree better than those at the Crag, 
Apis dorsata was seen on the previous day sucking 
moisture off vet soil 
