xxxxx Gathered a number of interesting plants, including several marsh spp. on the alluvial falts and in the drains in the vicinity of camp. Backwaters from the river make the drains difficult to cross. Friday, December 16, 1938. Made further collections on the grasslands about 1/2 mile down river from camp. Rand's birthday. Saturday, December 17, 1938. Guba returned to Hollandia from Australia, having over-nighted at Townsville to Port Moresby enroute from Melbourne. Toxopeus made a long excursion to the bridge crossing of the Wamena, where it emerges from the mountains. Sent one of my Dyaks, with him, chiefly to collect a shrub which Toxopeus described, a Tamarisk-like, growing on poor sandy heaths passed over by Teerink, Huls and Toxopeus on their route to the Balim in October. This plant turns out to be Myrtaceus, probably Leptospermum, and a very interesting find indeed. (Baechau fruiscum) Sunday, December 18, 1938. Started to evacuate Balim Camp. Guba took a load of food from Hollandia to the Idenburg, came in to the Balim for a load of specimens and ten re- patriated men and returned to Hollandia. All collecting terminated today. Spent several hours making 8 x 10 pictures. The Balim camp has yielded me about 240 numbers, mostly grassland plants familiar from the south coast savannahs. Although time has been very fully occupied during our short stay, and [illegible] I should like to have two or three more days in the field, the additional species which could be expected