Plate V 



*3B,^ 



Photo. A. Ernst. 



Fig. 5. Casuarina equisetifolia in the Strand-forest of Krakatau. 



In front of the oldest Casuarinas, festooned with Vitis trifolia and other climbing plants, 

 is a belt of younger plants of Casuarina (p. 29). 



Photo. A. Ernst. 



Fig. 6. The New Strand-forest on the south-east coast of Krakatau. 



To the right occur Hibiscus tiliaceus, Pandanus. sp., Cycas circinalis; to the left 

 a closed formation of Casuarina equisetifolia ; in the foreground a tree washed 



up by the sea (p. 28). 



