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Clearings at Edge of Forest and Secondary Jungle. 
This form of tropical upgrowth was not so rampant as is usually the case, 
on account of the poor “ korang” subsoil, but it proved more than usually 
interesting in character in showing such a large proportion of endemic 
Papuan and Moluccan species. 
In clearings Gigantochloa novo-guineensis, apparently cultivated, was in 
flower, the fine Pandanus Tabbersianus bearing fruits almost 1 m. long, 
*Mallotus tiliefolia, *Mellochia arborea, * Kleinhofia hospita, *Tamarindus 
indica, * Rubus moluccanus, * Callicarpa erioclona, white, °Premna nitida, also 
white-flowered with black fruit, and the ubiquitous * Wedelia biflora, with the 
seandent *Allophyllus Cobbe, *Flagellaria indica, *Rhyssopteris timorensis, 
the bright yellow °Scevola novo-guineensis, *Merremia nympheifolia, with the 
epiphytic °Loranthus Versteegii, of which the flowering, vertically hanging 
shoots bear dense red racemes, standing out at right angles to the stems for 
half their length, were all general. There has been some question lately 
about the fertilization of Loranthus sp. by butterflies. I can only say that, on 
vigorously pulling one of the long shoots in the first excitement at seeing 
such a peculiar Loranthus form, I was covered by showers of very large red 
ants. The denseness and position of the racemes would certainly favour 
fertilization by these insects. 
Just below the drainage-level of the forest-clad range, a damp area of 
some extent, shaded by a secondary unidentified upgrowth, proved a very 
good collecting-ground for fungi. In fact, almost the whole total of the 
species collected were found on this area, the ‘“‘korang” forest itself being 
too dry in character to enconrage this form of growth, 
Cultivation. 
In the grounds of the Residency, bread-fruit, Avocado pears, pumiloes, 
custard-apples, mangoes, Canarium nuts, jambu, limes and lemons, pine- 
apples, with small water-melons and hill-rice, have been successfully grown. 
Roses were always in flower in the garden, of which the chief interest was a 
well-grown young °Araucaria Beccarii about 5 m. high, brought down from 
the Angi lakes by Mr. van Oosterzee, who had laid out and planted these 
gardens. The old convict gardener who looked after them lost no oppor- 
tunity of denouncing the “korang,” which certainly outcrops in most 
inopportune places, and the shallow soil. Surrounding the “ Pasangrahan ” 
and the quarters of the “ Pradjoerit,” all the usual “sayur” were grown by 
the “ Orang ranté” in the well-kept gardens, and also by the Chinese, who all 
have their own plots of cultivated ground. 
