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Paphiopedilum hookers, was plentiful on Pulau Lakei. Two species of Loxo - 
carpus, probably new to science, were discovered in the karenga forests, as 
well as other novelties. 
17. From Bako Mr. Purseglove returned to Kuching and from there 
proceeded by launch to Tatau, then by prahu up the Tatau River to Sana 
on the Sungei Tau and from there on foot to the Tau Range of mountains, 
where ten days were spent in little-known country, hitherto unvisited by botan¬ 
ists. As might be expected, many interesting plants were obtained, including 
a number of known species of which there are no specimens in the Singapore 
Herbarium, e.g. Beccarianthus pulcher, an attractive shrub with large deep 
pink flowers; new records for Borneo, e.g. Ficus stricta, a strangling fig 120 
feet high; and many plants which cannot be identified in Singapore, which 
will include a number of new species, e.g. Microcasia sp. nov. One of the 
most spectacular plants collected was Rhododendron sp. (Purseglove 5440), 
a shrub 5 feet in height growing as an epiphyte 30 feet above ground level on a 
tree along the Tatau River. This was the only specimen seen. It had an in¬ 
florescence of eight very attractive flowers, nearly 4 inches in diameter and 
salmon pink in colour with a white star in the centre. A living plant was 
brought back to Singapore and has so far survived. It is certainly one of the 
most attractive Rhododendrons so far discovered in the lowland tropics. 
Herbarium material has been sent to Dr. Sleumer of Leiden for determination. 
18. In all the Director collected 616 numbers in Sarawak during this 
visit. With an average of five or six duplicates per number, a total of over 
3,000 specimens was brought back to Singapore for naming, incorporation in 
the Herbarium and for distribution. In addition, a fair number of living 
plants and seeds were brought back for trial in the Gardens. The Chief 
Secretary of Sarawak, the Curator of the Sarawak Museum, the Honorary 
Keeper of the Herbarium and the Conservator of Forests and his staff are 
thanked for supplying launch transport and for other assistance, without which 
the expedition would not have been possible. 
19. Some new records for individual states of the Malay Peninsula 
were obtained, as well as a few plants entirely new to Malaya. A lily-like 
herb collected near Kuala Lumpur by Mr. J. Reid of the Institute for Medical 
Research was identified by Mr. Sinclair while at Kew as Chiorophytum 
laxum, which has a wide distribution in India, Siam and North Australia, 
but was previously unknown in Malaya. Another new record was Canthium 
cochinchinense, which had been collected by Mr. Sinclair in Trengganu. Two 
orchids. Goody era hispida and Bulbophyllum concinnum , obtained by Mr. 
E. F. Allen of the Federation Department of Agriculture on a limestone hill 
in the Templer National Park were new records for Selangor. 
(ii) EXCHANGE AND LOAN OF HERBARIUM SPECIMENS 
20. The routine work of drying, poisoning and mounting specimens, 
as well as the repair of existing sheets, was continued throughout the year. 
The number of sheets mounted and incorporated in the herbarium was 1,196, 
a reduction over the previous year, due to the long delay in supplying new 
mounting paper from Britain and also a lack of cupboard space. The eight 
cabinets received towards the end of the year are insufficient to house all 
the material awaiting incorporation and more cabinets are urgently required. 
21. The number of specimens received in exchange for duplicates sent 
out and those donated was 6,768, as compared with 2,451 in 1955. The follow¬ 
ing institutions and individual are thanked for sending this valuable 
material:—the Auckland Museum; the British Museum; the Forestry Depart¬ 
ments of Brunei, Sarawak, British North Borneo and New Guinea, the Forest 
