( G8() ) 



at Kledoeng, in order to sec wliediei- their germinative power had 

 really not suffered by (he sojourn in the crop and gizzard (Koord. 

 1. c. p. 45—47)". 



To the above notes the following may now be added. When in 

 1903 I returned to the mountain in question, 1 learned verbally from 

 the keeper, whom Mr. E. ToBi (now Oliief Inspector, Head of the 

 Forestry Service in the Dutch Indies) had kindly instructed at my 

 request to sow the Myrica javanica-"seeds", tliat the "seeds" 

 from b i r d's gizzards and c r o p s, r e c e i v e d b y h i m, 

 had all germinated e x c e 1 1 e n t 1 }' and had f u r t h e r 

 developed well. 



These obserxations may therefore be regarded as proving, that 

 some birds, and especially a species of the large green wild pigeons 

 referred to (probably Vinago Capellei or an allied species of the 

 genus Vinago) may, in Java, contribute very largely to the disse- 

 mination of the alpine tree, here in question ; they also show that 

 in some cases lOO'/o of the "seeds", which have been ingested, 

 germinate well, and that the number of Myrica fruitstones found in 

 the crop of a single bird may amount to 231. 



As yet no data are known to me regarding the dissemination of 

 Myrica seeds in Java by other animals. 



§§ 2. Myrica Longifolia Teijsm. & Binnendijk. 



§§^1. Distribution outside Java : unknown. 



§^^2. Distribution and o e c o 1 o g i c a 1 c o n d i t i o n s 

 in J a v a. It is stated by Miquel (Flora Ind. Bat. I, 1, p. 872) that 

 Myrica longifolia Teijsm. & Binn., which, according to Koorders 

 and Valeton, Bijdr. Booms. Java IX (1903) p. 104, is synonymous 

 with Myrica Lobbi T. & B., had been found on the Megamendoeng 

 in the Preanger. This has certainly never been confirmed, although 

 I have repeatedly collected herbarium material in this district. Only 

 in one single place have I found this species wild, namely in Cen- 

 tral Jaxa, in the residency Semarang on the G. Telemqjo above 

 Sepakoeng, at an altitude of 1700 in. above sea level. The tree 

 grew sporadically in an evergreen, mixed forest on fairly dry 

 soil of volcanic grit, on a lateral summit of the G. Telemojo, 

 called G. Pendil. In the same foi'est there also occurred among other 

 plants: Weinmannia Blumei Planch. (Saxifragaccae) and Wendlandia 

 Junghuhniana Miq. (Rubiaccae). At the original above-mentioned 

 station of Myrica longifolia Teijsm. & Binn., Myrica javanica Bl. 

 was however entirely absent. 



