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Dear Henderson 
The typed description of the Pistacia 
I enclosed in this letter. 
We received some gragments if the type specimen 
P s e ud o 3 1 r e b lu 3 c an d a t a HIDL. and it matches exactly 
Paratr ophls glabra M3RR* = Parat rophls jjLahra {MEBft.)V*St. 
Recently I came thhough some material of Pirus 
granulosa 3.3RTGL* of* which we had rather many imdetermined 
material^ from the region of Sumatra opposite to the Mai, 
Peninsula, And I read also the description of Mi crom o les I 
malaye nsi 3 RIDL. T think there is a chance that these ! 
two are identical. The only difference mentioned is, as s 
far as I can sea, that in P,granulosa {also belonging to 
the section Micromeles of Pirus s sisu ampl.) the leaves 
are papyraceous and in M.malayers is | 
coriaceous. Put in our material from Sumatra and the Mai, I 
Peninsula the texture is varying in ?.granulosa according^ 
to the state in which the specimens #are collected (flowe- 
ring, immature fruits, ripe fruits) and they grow gradually 
thicker. Thus the fruiting specimen is described with 
coriaceous leaves as Micromeles malayensi 3 and the 
flowering specimens with thin leaves as Pirus granulosa. 
f JDf there J*s a type specimen in the Singapore collections I 
it were perhaps wofcth w±± while to compare It with frui¬ 
ting material of Pirus gramiilosa , Perhaos it may appear 
that M.malayensis can be reduced. 
I have asked Wmu Dr.van Slooten to send you on loan 
our material of Pistacia, in which is inclujjfddd a flowering 
specimen distributed by the Paris Herbarium under the 
name Pistacia weinmanniifolia, I hope you will receive 
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this in due course,of time. 
best wishes for a happy 1935 and many thanks for 
the correcting of the article on ClfSMSNS* collect!. 
Sincerelv vrnips (DVi-- 
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