1 MISS I. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
Philippine types, running up through Palawan. Ardisia Copelandii, Seevola 
pedunculata var. mollis, Polypodium pleiosoroides, Hymenophyllum fraternum, 
Schistocheila Wallisii, and Centrolepis philippinensis, all from Kinabalu itself, 
with Gardenia Merrill, Symplocos oblongifolia, and Scleria purpureo-vaginata 
from the secondary forest area, have previously only been described from 
the Philippines. Affinity is also shown to about an equal degree with the 
Malay Peninsula, Java, and Sumatra on the one hand, and to a lesser extent 
with Celebes and New Guinea on the other. Of these plants Centrolepis 
philippinensis proved the most interesting record, as this species is the 
northernmost representative of an Australian genus. 
The phytogeographical relationships and systematic affinities of the plants 
enumerated in the “ Flora of Kinabalu” have already been ably and 
exhaustively treated by Dr. Stapf: 
In the map of British North Borneo at the end of this paper the outlines 
of the two provinces Dent and Keppel, to which this collection is limited, 
are given, as also the localities cited in the course of the present work 
together with those of previous collectors as far as this was possible. Thanks 
to the courtesy of Captain Learmonth, it has been possible to inset a tracing 
taken from an Admiralty Hydrographic Survey of the N.W. part of British 
North Borneo carried out by H.M.S. “Merlin? 1909-10, showing the 
immediate environment of Kinabalu. 
It is a melancholy privilege to acknowledge the help and encouragement 
received from the late W. C. Cowie, Esq., one of the pioneers in the 
inauguration of the Chartered Company of British North Borneo, of which 
he was for many years Chairman and Managing Director. He was not only 
most interested in the purely botanical questions involved, but also practically 
assured the success of the Expedition by his recommendations, which afforded 
me many facilities when in the country. 
I must also gratefully acknowledge the efficient and disinterested help 
received from all officials of the North Bornean Company with whom I was 
brought into contact, especially Messrs. A. C. Pearson, A. B. C. Francis, 
H. W. L. Bunbury, W. C. Weedon, and D. R. Maxwell. It is to that help. 
so generously given, that I can alone ascribe any results that may have been 
achieved. 
My thanks are also due to His Excellency H. P. Gueritz for his great 
kindness and hospitality ; to Captain Learmonth, R.N., commanding H.M.S. 
* Merlin,’ for the valuable sketch-maps of the summit of Kinabalu included 
in this paper; to Dr. Foxworthy, of the Manila Bureau of Science, for 
placing the excellent photographs taken by him on his ascent of the mountain 
at my disposal; to Mr. A. Barclay, Assistant Resident at Labuan; to His 
Highness the Rajah Muda at Sarawak, for facilitating a short stay on 
Matang near Kuching by lending me the bungalow “ Vallombrosa” ; 
