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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
BUREAU OF SCIENCE 
MANILA 
ADDRES1 REPLY TO; 
DIRECTOR, 
BUREAU OF SCIENCE, 
MANILA, P. I, 
The Director 
*!> March. 9, 1923 
Bo tan ic Garden, 
Singapore. 
Bear Sir*- 
In referenoe to the question of the identity of 
Brownlovia collected "by lir* Bur kill and originally identified 
as Hernandia regarding which I have previously written to 
Mr* Burkin^ Captain Hill, Director of the Kew Gardens, 
writes under date of January 18, 1923, that our No* 28644 
from Mindanao has hear* compared with the type of Brownlowia 
riedolii Hemsl., hy Mr*. Sprague^ith which it has “been found 
to agree so far as the material available shows* The 
Philippine material is in turn matched by several specimens 
from British North Borneo, Sarawak and Mr* Burld.il ? s un¬ 
numbered collections from the Malay Peninsula* The si^ecies 
is apparently a littoral one and probably presents adapta¬ 
tions for dissemination by floating. 
Yery truly yours 
Director, Bureau of Science* 
sai 
