34 ART. 19. — B. HAY ATA : 



Passing over many hilly passes, they found themselves on an 

 elevation of about 2,400 ft., where they saw a beautiful forest of 

 Dendrocalamus^^ and Bamhusd'\ 



From a height of 3,000 ft. upwards, beautiful arbors of 

 camphor^' and Quercus*'^ made a dense forest with a liana formation, 

 and many epiphytes of ferns, orchids and mosses. In this forest, tlie 

 undergrowth is also beautiful ; large tree ferns^\ graceful stellate 

 ferns*^\ wild Miisa'\ Calamus^\ Alocasia^\ all coînl)ining to form a 

 glorious example of tropical vegetation. 



At the height of 3,700 ft., a pretty herb^"' of the Urtica family 

 occurred plentifally, and on it two species"^ of Balanophoraceae 

 were found attached to the host. 



Further, at the height of 4,200 ft., the trees of various 

 QuercV'^^ densely covered the plot, while many climbing plants 

 hanging from the top of trees made the forest still more 

 beautiful. 



Ascending a little higher, they came to the boundar}^ of the 

 savage districts. In a grassy plot near by, they found an 

 Adenophora^^\ wild pinks"\ and violets^^\ in full bloom. Aleurite^^^ 

 and Iclesia^'^ were found in bloom in the village. 



Crossing this savage belt, they entered the virgin forest of the 

 western slope. Here at an elevation of 4,500 ft., the camphor 



1) Bendrocalamus latiflorus Munro. 10) Pilea Wattersll Haxce ? 



2) Banibusa Oldhami Munbo. 11) Balanophora sp'icata Hayata & B. panior 



3) Cinnamonium CampJiora N. et E. Hayata. 



4) Quercus & Oastanopsis. 12) Quercus JumjJcahnll MiQ., Q. Kaicakamu 



5) Alsophiln, Cihot'mra, & Dicksonla. Hayata, and other species of the genus. 



6) Asplenlum Xidus Linn. 13) Adenophora vertlcillata Flsch. 



7) Musa paradtslana Linn, subsp. seminifera 14) Bianthus superhus Linn. 

 Bakee, var. formosana Wabb. 15) Viola japonlca Langsd. 



8) Calamus formosanus Becc. & Calamus 16) Aleurites cordata Steud. 

 Margaritce Hance. 17) Idesia polymrpa Masim. 



9) Alocasla macrorrhlza Schott. 



