WCP2989

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BOTANICAL LIBRARY.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES.

ABERYSTWYTH.

14 July 1910

Dear Dr Wallace,

I have much pleasure in enclosing the prints of Malay Forest vegetation about which I wrote last week.

The following are brief descriptions of each (corresponding numbers are written on the back of photographs):-

(1). River Seleh (a tributary of the Kelantan River - State of Kelantan) - with forest. Pandanus in foreground. This is well in interior of the Malay Peninsula.

(2). Forest in Kelantan State - near Kuala Anang. On the tree [2] are epiphytic Bird's nest Fern (Asplenium nidus-avis), and the climbing Asplenium scandens ^{Nephrodium acrostichoida Ridley n. 43}.

(3). Same locality - showing the Kuala junction between the river Seleh and Aning[?].

(4). Mangrove swamp (the mangrove in foreground are chiefly Rhizophora mucronata) - on the Redang islands these are in the south part of the China Sea - old [1 word illeg.] (Malay Peninsular). On left of photograph are coconut palms and a forest covered hill.

(5). State of Perak (West crest of Malay Peninsula) - forest in interior, showing undergrowth of palms etc - lianas - climbing ferns (Asplenium) etc. [3]

(6). Perak Forest - near village Selama. In centre of photograph may be seen the slender stems of lianas, hanging from the tree tops.

As you will see all the photographs are ^{from the} Malay Peninsular of not exactly what you require. But if any of them are of an use I shall be most pleased for you to publish them.

In any case, please do not believe to return the prints,

Believe me, | Yours very truly | R. H. Yapp¹[signature]