﻿On 
  the 
  new 
  Flora 
  of 
  Krakatao. 
  141 
  

  

  freely 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  centrum, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  diapophyses 
  of 
  

   the 
  second 
  vertebra 
  are 
  not 
  partly 
  below 
  the 
  praezygapophyses, 
  

   as 
  in 
  all 
  Cryptodira, 
  but 
  entirely 
  behind 
  ; 
  in 
  all 
  these 
  respects 
  

   agreeing- 
  with 
  the 
  vertebras 
  of 
  Podocnemis 
  madagascariensis 
  

   figured 
  above. 
  Two 
  adult 
  skeletons 
  of 
  Testudo 
  polyphemus 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  ; 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  show 
  the 
  slightest 
  resem- 
  

   blance 
  to 
  Miolania 
  in 
  their 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  vertebrae, 
  and, 
  in 
  

   addition 
  to 
  their 
  position, 
  the 
  diapophyses 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  differ 
  

   in 
  not 
  being 
  half 
  so 
  much 
  developed. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Baur 
  wonders 
  " 
  how 
  Mr. 
  Boulenger 
  could 
  compare 
  the 
  

   cervicals 
  of 
  Miolania 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  Chelgs." 
  He 
  misinterprets 
  

   the 
  meaning 
  of 
  my 
  words 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  cervical 
  vertebras 
  [of 
  Mio- 
  

   lania^ 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  Pleurodiran 
  ; 
  a 
  strong 
  and 
  long 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  process 
  is 
  present, 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  

   odontoid 
  bone 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  centrum 
  are 
  deeply 
  emar- 
  

   ginate 
  inferiorly, 
  terminating 
  in 
  two 
  diverging 
  processes, 
  as 
  

   in 
  Chelys." 
  

  

  If 
  Dr. 
  Baur 
  were 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  hyoid 
  

   in 
  the 
  Pelomedusidee 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  pointed 
  to 
  the 
  cha- 
  

   racter 
  of 
  the 
  hyoid 
  bones 
  as 
  proving 
  the 
  Testudinoid 
  nature 
  of 
  

   Miolania. 
  

  

  XVL—The 
  new 
  Flora 
  of 
  Krakatao. 
  By 
  M. 
  Treub*. 
  

  

  Averse 
  though 
  I 
  am 
  to 
  preliminary 
  communications 
  f, 
  I 
  feel 
  

   compelled 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  exception 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  instance, 
  and 
  

   this 
  for 
  two 
  reasons. 
  First, 
  because 
  absolutely 
  nothing 
  is 
  

   known 
  of 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  volcanic 
  island 
  becomes 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  an 
  entirely 
  new 
  vegetation 
  ; 
  secondly, 
  because 
  

   the 
  data 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  able 
  to 
  furnish 
  on 
  the 
  new 
  flora 
  of 
  Kra- 
  

   katao 
  are 
  definitely 
  acquired 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time; 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   fear 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  invalidated 
  by 
  subsequent 
  researches. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  M. 
  R. 
  D. 
  M. 
  Verbeek, 
  chief 
  

   engineer 
  of 
  mines, 
  a 
  learned 
  geologist 
  and 
  the 
  well-known 
  

   historiographer 
  of 
  the 
  eruption 
  of 
  Krakatao, 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

  

  * 
  Translated 
  from 
  the 
  ' 
  Archives 
  des 
  sciences 
  physiques 
  et 
  naturelles,' 
  

   Dec. 
  15, 
  1888. 
  

  

  t 
  This 
  notice 
  contains 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  a 
  communication 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   author 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  of 
  Amsterdam 
  at 
  its 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  

   28th 
  January, 
  1888. 
  " 
  I 
  intend 
  to 
  visit 
  Krakatao 
  again, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  

   my 
  friend 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  Burck. 
  1 
  hope 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  be 
  able 
  in 
  time 
  to 
  publish 
  

   a 
  work 
  in 
  detail 
  on 
  the 
  new 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  island." 
  

  

  