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CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



1. HISTORICAL ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 



2. SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS WORK 2 



3. SCOPE AND CONDITIONS OP PRESENT WORK ... ... ... ... 5 



GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE COUNTRY 7 



1. TOPOGRAPIIY ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 



a. The Immediate Shore-Line ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 



1. " Korang " or Coral-Limestone Zone ... ... ... ... 9 



c. Inhabited Zone of Foot-hills and Lower Ranges ... ... ... 11 



d. Crests of Main Range and Lake Basins ... ... ... ... 11 



2. METEOROLOGY 13 



3. PlIYTOGEOGRAPHY 14 



ITINERARY AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF VEGETATION ... 15 



a. BEACH FORMATION : Immediate Shore-Line ... ... 15 



1. INUNDATION FOREST BELT : " Korang " or Coral- Limestone Zone ... 16 



c. SECONDARY ASSOCIATIONS : Inhabited Zone of Foot-hills and Lower 



Ranges 18 



d. Low MOUNTAIN FOREST FORMATION ABOVE 7000' (to which syste- 



matic collection was limited) : Crests of Main Range and Lake 



Basins ... ... ... ... ... 21 



PLANT ASSOCIATIONS OF THE LOW MOUNTAIN FOREST 



FORMATION- 27 



A. FOREST ASSOCIATIONS ... ... ... ... ... 27 



1 a. Mossless Forest. 



1 ft. Aruucaria Forest. 



2 a. Intermediate Mossy Forest. 



2 /3. Dwarfed Intermediate Mossy Forest. 

 2 y. Shrubberies. 

 3. Mossy Forest. 



