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Among the more abundant flowers, were numerous pretty 

 balsams (Impatiens spp.), Melastoma, Clerodendron, Didymo- 

 carpus, and several Begonias and Solanums. 



Screw-pines both Pandanus and the climbing Freycintia, 

 were abundant. Tree-ferns were not uncommon, and the big 

 Angiopteris was very abundant, and especially luxuriant, with 

 huge fronds four or five yards long. Contrasted with these are 



a B 



Fig. 64. — Rain-forest vegetation, Bandar Baroe. 

 A. At left, young palm (Caryota sp.). B. The large fern is Angiopteris sp. 



tiny epiphytic Hymenophyllaceae, only an inch or two high. 

 Many other ferns, both epiphytic and terrestrial are common. 



A number of interesting liverworts were collected at Bandar 

 Baroe, which is richer in these plants than most parts of the Malay 

 Peninsula, and approaches the extremely rich region of western 

 Java where conditions are quite similar. Some of the rarest and 

 most interesting species occur in these favored regions. 



Above Bandar Baroe, at an elevation of about 1,200 metres, 



