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ckiiclron incrmc, Ximcnia amcricana, W'oIIastonia, ami oilier plants become 

 like oidinaiy leaves; many marked halopliytic species, such as Barring- 

 tonia speciosa, Scaevola, Wollastonia, Tournefortia. gradually become 

 scarcer, whereas inland forms become somewhat more numerous.' 



Fig. 214. Interior of a liUoral forest. Pandamis as undcrHooil. Island of Singapore. 

 From a pliotograph by P. Groom. 



I have observed in the littoral woodland of Java and of the neighbouring small 

 coral islands the following species of trees : Cycas circinalis, Pandanus (several 

 species), Casuarina equisetifolia, Calophyllum Inophyllum (Guttiferae), Cerbera 

 Odollam (Apocynaceac), Hibiscus tiliaceus and Thespesia populnea (Malvaceae), 

 Terminalia Catappa (Combretaceae), Hernandia peltata (Hernandiaceae), Hcritiera 

 littoralis (Sterculiaceae), various Leguminosae (Inocarpus edulis, species of Albizzia, 

 Cynometra, Erythrina, Pcnganiia glabra, Sophora tomentosa, and others). The 

 number of species of shrubs is tar greater ; for example, Pandanus (several species), 



