856 МВ. Н. К. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
ELATOSTEMMA SESSILE, Forst. 
On limestone rocks at Kota Glanggi. 
E. LINEOLATUM, Wight. 
Abundant on rocks in the Tahan Valley woods. 
Е. surcuLosum, Wight, var. ? 
А weak thin plant on rocks at Kota Glanggi. 
POUZOLZIA PENTANDRA, Benn. 
Common in waste spots and open ground. Pulau Jellam, Lubu Lanjoot, &c., in the 
Pahang River, banks of Tahan, and also at Kamposa in Kelantan. 
MYRICACEA. 
Myrica Nagi, Thunb. 
A large thick bush, common on the sea-coasts, Kwala Pahang. 
The fruit of this bush is very much smaller than that figured in the ‘ Botanical 
Magazine’ (t. 5727), being not so large as a pea. 
CUPULIFERZ. 
QUERCUS CANTLEYI, King. 
Pekan (Dr. Haviland). 
Q. REINWARDTII, Korth. 
I found a fallen fruit-spike of what certainly appears to belong to this rare oak in the 
Tahan woods. 
The scarcity of oaks in Pahang in comparison with Singapore is very remarkable. 
CASUARINEÆ. 
CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA, Forst. 
Common along the sea-shore wherever there are tracts of sand, as at Kwala Pahang 
and Sungei Meang. The “ Ru” tree grows in a single line along the sea-shores of both 
coasts. I have never seen it wild even a hundred yards inland, though it is often 
planted. It is one of the first plants to appear on newly-formed sand-islands along the 
coast, the seeds being drifted along in the sea. It was doubtless formerly a native 
of Singapore, as the name Tanjong Ru (Casuarina Cape) denotes, but it is quite extinct 
here now as a wild plant, having probably been destroyed here as elsewhere to make 
room for the coconut plantations. The statements which have been made that the tree 
grows also on Mount Ophir and other hills by explorers are incorrect, the Dacrydiums 
having been mistaken for it, as the native name Ru includes not only Casuarina, but 
also any pine-like tree. | 
