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brated aloon aloon is very worthy of attention, it greatly varies 

 with the amount of water. 



A trip to the southern slopes of Mount Tangkuban Prahu 

 yielded sorae important melastomaceous shrubs. Epiphytes are 

 comparatively scarce in tliose woods. 



A month's excursion was made to ttie south-western slopes 

 of Mount Smeru and the southern part of Pasuruan. The flora 

 of the higher parts of the mountain had suffered very much from 

 a récent éruption. Huge masses of ashes made it impossible to 

 reach the summit. The southern part of the residency is cover- 

 ed with vast forests. North of the woods hoemas and plantations 

 are to be found. An introduced species of Salvia {S. occidentaUs) 

 occurred in enormous numbers. The beach was enlivened by 

 hundreds of very active Gicindelas (C. longipes). 



A fortnight's trip was made from G-aroot to Mount Guntur, 

 Mount Tjikoraj, Mount Papandajan, Talun and Pengalengan. The 

 upper half of Mount G-untur is already covered with a very 

 dense young forest, the lower slopes are overgrown with grass 

 and shrubs. A most desolate stretch of huge black boulders 

 still lacks végétation. 



An excursion of about 35 days was made to Pasuruan, 

 Djatiroto and Asem Bagus. In the surroundings of Pasuruan, 

 where Dr. .Jeswiet and Dr. Bremekamp had the great 

 kindness often to accompany and guide me, many xerophytes 

 were collected, some of which had not been gathered for more 

 than 50 years though they are very common in the district. 

 At Djatiroto spécial attention was w^as given to the swamp- 

 forests about which many data were collected. The flora of 

 Asem Bagus, the very driest district of Java, proved most 

 interesting. The région abounds in curions xerophytes, some of 

 which do not seem to occur elsewhere in Java but hâve been 

 found also in Timor. 



One travel was made from Tasikmalaja to the south of 

 the Preanger. A distance of about 70 KM had to be walked 

 before the first old woods were reached. Those woods are rich 

 in interesting plants, among whom some new- ones were found. 

 A splendid green-flowered B a u h i n i a was rather common. Many 

 species of Daemonorops and Calamus occur hère, Cala- 

 ra u s c i 1 i a r i s is very com mon . 



