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Dr. C. X. Furtado continued his studies of the climbing palms of the 
genus Calamus, which are of considerable economic interest in that they 
provide rattan of commerce, 
Mr. Henderson began preliminary work on a revision of the Mahogany 
Family (Meliaceas) in Malaya, This is a large family of shrubs and trees 
of lowland and hill forest. Much material has accumulated since the last 
account of it in Ridley s Flora in 1922, and it is evident that a considerable 
number of new species will have to be described. 
Mr. Sinclair completed his account of Annonaceee in Malaya and the 
manuscript was almost ready at the end of the year to be sent to the printer 
for publication in the Gardens’ Bulletin, He began work on the Nutmeg Family 
(Mynsticaces) of Malaya, another large family of forest trees which requires 
revision. 
number of duplicates received by the Herbarium in exchange was 
1901, less than in 1952, but the material was of good quality and very valu¬ 
able. It came from the Forest Department, North Borneo; the Forest Depart¬ 
ment, Lae, New Guinea; the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun India* 
the National Museum, Manila; and the Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia’. 
Very few duplicates could be sent out during the year but a very large number 
has been prepared for distribution in 1954. 2,563 sheets were sent on loan 
mostly to botanists working on Flora Malesiana. 1,636 sheets were mounted 
and incorporated in the Herbarium. The mounters were kept busy on a pro¬ 
gramme of re-poisoning mounted sheets. 
Visitors working in the Herbarium at various times during the year 
were:—Mrs. B. E. G. Molesworth-Allen (Ferns of Malaya); Mr. Gordon de 
Wolfe, an American student at the University of Malaya, studying local ferns 
and orchids; Mr. Trivedi of India, studying ferns; and Mr. J. Wyatt-Smith 
Forest Botanist, Malaya. y lu ’ 
PUBLICATIONS 
The most important departmental publication during the year and in- 
deed, the most .mpprtant one yet published, was Orchids of Malavu by 
Professor R. E. Holttum, the first volume of a proposed revised Flora of 
in 'colour of 753* a 'V fully bound volume complete with dust cover 
Sineanore Gardeninp wt. "“7 1 " USlrations - « generous donation the 
s ssa 
wr 1 ln by ProfosoT°HolUum m fhe f £?• F '° ra be Ferns of Mal ^ a ' als ° 
r h ‘ i vo\r™STy tie^d o? s th a e n ir liminary proof reading ° f 
Augus^This P “ Wishcd in 
Malayan botany. Several new species are described anH n ° us as P ects ot 
cords are given for the flora of Singapore An iml ^ nualber of "ew re- 
by Mr. I. H. Burkill, at one time Dhector of Ihn nT 8 a "? “ nusual article 
with vegetables eaten with their rice by Malays in Per^t"* 3 gardens, deals 
than 100 different kinds were used. The most imnoT^’, reveal,ng that more 
was one by Dr. C. X. Furtado on the genus Daunonor 3 " 1 PaP w !" thls lssue 
a group of climbing palms or rattans of great cZm T , Malaya ' This is 
the botanical point of view. Dr. Furtado provides fuflT' Y ^ d,fflculty from 
tions of 32 species, of which 4 are descrTbed as new '^'' 0115 a " d illuS,ra * 
