32 MISS L. 8. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
faleiforme, Podocarpus imbricata, and the small-leaved species seen on 
Penibukan ridge seemed to predominate, along with Phyllocladus hypso- 
phylla, the delightful yellowish-white Drimys piperita and the pink Sterculia 
translucens, whose pretty fallen corollas starred the ground, 
Climbing on over trunks and roots, we reached a more open space on the 
spur, with very fine trees of Podocarpus imbricatus, with hanging cypress- 
like branches, P. brevifolius and Phyllocladus hypsophylla, and I thought I 
saw the weeping dark green branches of Dacrydium elatum in the distance, 
but there was too much rain and mist to be certain. Rhododendron 
cuneifolium, with small salmon-red flowers, occurred here as an undershrub ; 
and a tree overhanging the Kinitaki valley, with the glorious yellow Rhodo- 
dendron Brookeanum and the smaller, exquisitely rose-red KK. crassifolium in 
full flower on its branches, was a beautiful sight. The position of the 
Rhododendrons was perilous, but Lamat proved equal to the occasion and 
brought me specimens of both species. 
Above this point the trees began to get smaller, and Trichomanes maximum, 
abundant up to this level, was replaced by a zone of the dark plumy 
fronds of Monachosorum subdigitatum ; then still higher there were Diacalpe 
aspidioides, Dryopteris stipellata, with a creeping Selaginella brownish-yellow 
in colour, and here and there the yellow Spathoglottzs gracilis. 
Phyllagathis elliptica, Hedyotis pulchella var. magnistipula, and a Begonia 
were scattered in the mossy substratum up to 8000’, with both Balanophora 
Lowii and the brilliant red B. elongata in typical clumps at the base ot 
trees. The erect fronds of Selaginella Walldenowit associated with the 
Monachosorum to 8000'. 
Among the epiphytes the orchids Dendrochilum kinabaluense and D. 
Gibbsic, Eria villosissima, Chelonistele lurida, and the ferns Lindsaya 
Jamesonioides, L. pectinata and L. decomposita were noted, and the familiar 
little hairy tufts with flaccid fronds of Polypodium hirtellum were collected 
on the moss-grown trunks. 
At 8000’ the moss grew, if anything, thicker, but most of the undergrowth 
with the Selaginellas and Begonias still persisted. It was unfortunately 
impossible to continue farther as there was the return journey to Kiau 
to take into consideration; so we descended rapidly, the slippery moss 
entailing horizontal rather than vertical progress. At the now deserted and 
dismantled *zulap," Mr. Maxwell’s boy, with the policeman, was in waiting 
with a very welcome lunch. Thence the return to Kiau was accomplished 
over the slithering clay switehbacks in ceaseless rain. 
d. Ascent to the Summit. 
The weather now showed signs of breaking, and Lamat reported the 
Kadamaian as passable in two days. They proved very busy ones, My time 
