8h«ft which you hart hb Curtle had not rlslttd 
otntral Ptrak at the datt whtn ht stnt g, dtcora to 
Ttltoh. Ht had rlslttd llankawlo 
If I had any rtason for thinking that Watson* 8 
stattmtnt of its origin from Ptrak could ht wrong tht 
qutstlon would btcomt slmpl8« 
Tht "P^THk plants which you admit as B. decora ,namt* 
ly ttlom, Bldlty 14006; Caratron*s plattau at ^anah Runto, 
Htndtrson 17B21, at tht wattrfalllRobinson * s falls) Symington 
20941 and at cair^ no,4, Rtndtrson 11672, all ooms from 
a rtry rsstrictsd arta higli up tht fcii^untalnB ortr tht 
town of ?apah, which was quit# lnacc#sal1)l# at th# tim# 
wh#n Curtis ooll#ct#d. On# asks th#r#fort instinctlT#ly if 
th# 8p#ci#s which Is apparently common round about ^amsron* 
■ 
plateau, is exactly that which occurs low down on Qunong 
Bujong BalaBa, and again in the lonkawi islands. Perhaps 
you might try to JOUntroduoe it into cultllpatlon from 
Cameron's plateau for further study. 
I appreciate you view in regard to B«isontera 
and 
B, Holttumil* The 
latter 
is much more 
a lowland plant 
than 
th* fom«r. Also 
yout 
treatment of 
B, H'cisakarlii 
seems to clear muche 
I* 
There will be 
a description In 
the next Issue 
of 
1 
the Kew Bulletin of one 
i 
of the Blamese species with 
which you have dealt* 
but I 
cannot tell 
you which nor 
Its 
new name, as the 
proof- 
sheets hare not come under 
my 
eyes. 
I am, Yours faltlafUlly 
I,H,Butkill 
^err. Prof, Dr 
Irmscher. 
