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species nor as regards the number of individuals is there thé 
same wealth of epiphytes which at present occurs at the cor- 
responding height on Krakatau. The kinds of trees remain about 
the same for the greater part of the trip, but the dimensions 
decrease and moreover there crop up a few species occurring 
also in the mountains of Java, such as Ficus Ribes L. The 
slopes begin to get steeper and the underwood is also getting 
denser, typical mountain-plants again, such as Pinanga looking 
like P. Kublii Bl., Villebrunnea rubescens BI., a few species of 
Eugenia and Litsea, Psychotria laxiflora Bl., Evodia spec., and 
Polygala venenosa Juss. At last we get to the long narrow 
ridge of the promontory which is about 750 M. high. The 
highest top is too far away for us to reach it the same day, but 
this gave us a chance of looking somewhat more closely at the 
flora of this part. The habitus of the forest was similar to that 
which may be frequently observed on this kind of ridges on 
Java, but the number of species of plants is of course far 
smaller. In this part however, there occur far more epiphytical 
and terrestrial orchids than in the lower parts, the fern and 
moss vegetation being also much wealthier though it cannot 
rival the same flora on the top of the Krakatau mountain. The 
commonest tree is Saurauja nudiflora DC.; Villebrunnea rubes- 
cens Bl. is also general, and among these there are some kinds 
of Eugenia and Litsea and big specimens of a non-flowering 
species of Pandanus. Ficus Ribes L., and F. lepicarpa Bl. appear 
fruit-laden. Under these trees which do not grow taller than 
some 10 Meter or less, there are found a large number of shrubs 
such as: Dichroa febrifuga Lour., Leea sambucina Wlld., Mal- | 
lotus oblongifolius M. A., Medinilla intermedia Bl., Rubus piri- 
folius Sm., Donax canniformis Schum., Caryota spec., a wild 
abundance of Zalacca spec.; in addition also numerous lianas 
such as Tetrastigma papillosa (BI) Planch., Flagellaria indica L., 
Smilax leucophylla Bl., Uncaria spec. and a kind of climbing 
Rhaphidophora. The abundance of epiphytes is also much greater, 
as I haye mentioned before: enormous specimens of Pleopeltis 
heraclea y. A. v. B., Asplenium Nidus L., Hymenolepis spicata Pr., 
Trichosporum spec., Oberonia monstruosa Lindl., Dendrobium 
Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. DI, XXXII. 
