26 Expedition of 1906 



Point, or, with additional species (* in the list), 21 (that is 58 / ) belong 

 to the Indo-Malayan strand vegetation. The 15 remaining species 

 belong to plants characterised by a wide distribution-area. The Compo- 

 sites Ageratvm coiit/zoidcs and Vernonia cinerea inhabit the warmer 

 regions of the world ; Sarcocephalus cordatm, Lagerstroemia speciosa, 

 Tetracera Assa, and Leea sambucina extend from Further India to 

 South China, from the Malay Archipelago to the Philippines and to 

 Australia; similarly Aerides odoratum, Saccharum spoutaneum and 

 Cyperm umbellatus are widely spread over Java and Sumatra and 

 far beyond them. It is, therefore, not surprising that we afterwards 

 found in Krakatau as many as six of these 15 inland plants, the 

 wide range of which is clearly connected with the adaptation of 

 their seeds and fruits to dispersal. 



As we returned to the steamer at six o'clock the sun was setting 

 behind the lighthouse, the red sky glowing with brilliant colour, 

 above the calm waters of the bay encircled by the sombre forest. 

 The nocturnal life of the forest was awake ; bats of all sizes fluttered 

 through the air, flying foxes (Kalong) passed noiselessly with slow 

 flight over the bay in search of fruit, The screams of monkeys 

 resounded in the forest, the wild boars were astir in the Alang-Alang 

 thickets, while tigers, panthers, and wild cats slunk out of their hiding- 

 places in search of prey. 



The "Snip" remained at anchor till midnight off Java's First 

 Point. We spent the first part of the welcome leisure in arranging 

 and pressing our collection of plants and afterwards enjoyed a well- 

 earned rest in the deck-chairs. As the ship left the sheltered bay and 

 steamed into the open Sunda Strait between Prince island and Java 

 our rest was interrupted; the rolling began afresh and the waves 

 breaking over the deck compelled the sleepers to beat a hurried 

 retreat to the narrow and close cabin. 



5. On Krakatau and Verlaten island. 



At dawn on April 26th our steamer was slowly approaching the 

 Krakatau group. Krakatau, the object of our voyage, with its 

 characteristic volcanic shape, stood out a short distance ahead. The 

 precipitous face reaching from sea-level to the summit of the fractured 

 cone is a conspicuous object (PL III.). Towards the south-east the half- 

 conical mountain slopes steeply to a flat base, in front of which is a 

 small and level beach. Lang island lies to the right of Krakatau and 

 Verlaten island is visible between them. Further to the right, in a 

 north-easterly direction, we can see the high wooded islands of 

 Sebesi and Seboekoe and the mountains of Sumatra, and to the south- 

 east the Javan coast. 



