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occupied by vegetation. Above the thick layer of decomposing leaves and branches 

 covering it, everywhere rise the red and yellow speckled inflorescences of Balano- 



Fig. 419. Alpine savannah on the summit of Pangerango, Java. The grey dwari- 

 trees are Anaphalis javanica. From a photograph by Karsten. 



Fig. 420. Mass of shrub of Anaphalis javanica on the top of Pangerango (about 

 3,000 meters), Java. From a photograph by Karsten. 



phora elongata, some ferns, a delicate orchid (Thelymitra angustifolia), Ranun- 

 culus javanicus, the beautiful Primula imperialis, Jungh., endemic on Pangerango, 

 occasional grasses and young brambles ; whilst the gnarled bases of the trunks are 



