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in lianas, but on the ground there are huddled together large 
numbers of: Aglaonema emarginatum v. A.v.R.; and also robust 
specimens of Donax canniformis Schum. occurred everywhere. 
Gradually the path begins to rise and at the same time a change 
sets in, in this respect that the Musae which also occurred 
below in large numbers but isolatedly, now begin to form entire 
- forests, and though the same species of trees occur as had been 
met with before, their measurements grow larger, a great 
number of real giants of the forest rearing their tall trunks 
far above everything else, these giant trees being specimens of 
the already mentioned Ficus variegata Bl. For a long part of 
the way up this Ficus variety continues the typical plant of 
this vegetation, though the impression is considerably altered by 
the ever more abundant presence of lianas, chief among which — 
are two Vitis varieties, Tetrastigma lanceolatum (Roxb.) Planch., 
Conocephalus suaveolens Bl., Smilax leucophylla BI., Zizyphus 
Horsfieldii Mig., Bauhinia glauca Benth. and a very prickly 
liana of which neither leaves nor flowers were within reach, 
probably a species of Caesalpinia. The forest is indeed richer 
in species of lianas than in tree species, several places being 
almost impenetrable by the dense entanglements of lianas. This 
forest accompanies us to the altitude of nearly a 300 Meter; 
along our path we came by a few Arenga saccharifera L., and 
a giant specimen of Ficus pilosa Reinw., at this altitude there 
also begin to occur a few epiphytes, mostly settled on the trunks - 
still near the ground, such as Pleopeltis heraclea v. A.v.R., and 
Asplenium Nidus L. Even further on the forest continues to 
be of the same composition, but as the number of lianas decrea- 
‘ses the undergrowth of the forest also undergoes a change, two 
plants hiding the soil entirely in several places, namely Begonia 
isoptera Dryand. and a species of Elatostema. We meet with 
an occasional specimen of Cyrtandra suleata BL., the plant which 
at the same elevation forms practically the entire forest of Kra- 
katau and which here occurs as a low shrub under the trees. 
Among the shrubs are especially note-worthy Musaenda fron- 
_ dosa L., and Chloranthus officinalis Bl. A few epiphytes settle 
on the tree-tranks, but neither in respect of the variety of 
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