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A solitary tumble-down cottage and an old well remain as a 
token that there was a kampong here at some former time; . 
as a matter of fact the whole vicinity consists of deserted kam- 
pong run to waste and cocopalm plantations which are no longer 
tended, the soil at the feet of cocopalms being thickly grown 
with herbs, bushes and shrubs. In addition there are everywhere 
young sprouts of the cocopalms themselves. The undergrowth 
consists largely of sturdy Musa-plants and a few species of ferns 
among which Nephrolepis hirsutula Pr. attracts most attention. 
Interesting among the trees are various kinds of Ficus, such 
as F. Ampelas Burm., F. callosa Willd., F. hispida L., F. varie- 
gata BL, besides Leucosyke capitellata Wedd., Pipturus incanus 
Bl., Macaranga Tanarius L., Bridelia tomentosa Bl. ete. which 
oceur frequently on such grounds. Creepers and convulvuluses 
are not yet very abundant, a few Piper species creep up along 
the stems of the cocos, whilst Passiflora foetida L., forms thick 
webs over the lower bushes and plants and Lygodium citcina- 
tum Sw. climbs right up into the trees. Also the number of 
species of epiphytes is to be considered small, Asplenium Nidus Li, 
Drynaria quercifolia J.8m. and a non-flowering species of Liparis 
are occasionally met with. On the coco-stems there is everywhere a 
climbing epiphyte viz. Cyclophorus acrostichoides Pr. On this first | 
morning we collected only in the: vicinity of the landing place. 
In the afternoon a visit was made to the inhabited kampong 
which however did not look very well-kept. Mouldy little cot- 
tages amid small patches of neglected arable, where plentiful 
weeds grew among the cultivated plants: Saccharum officina- 
rum L., Manihot utilissima Poll. Among the weeds may be 
mentioned: various kinds of Amarantus, besides Urena lobata L., 
Synedrella nodiflora Gaertn. and Blumea balsamifera DC. Just 
round this kampong there was a jungle of bushes on long 
deserted arable, overgrown with some larger Convulvulaceae, 
such as Merremia vitifolia Hall. Fil. and Operculina spec. Later 
excursions led me several times more through similar, almost 
impenetrable patches. Wonderfully numerous at the edge of 
this wildnerness were the Fluggea virosa Baill. plants which 
were covered with snowwhite berries. ; . 
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