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folia L. A little way further to landward we perceive large 
speciméns of Pterospermum acerifolium Willd., Claoxylum indi- 
cum Hassk., a few species of Ficus, Ardisia humilis Vahl., Ixora 
paludosa Kurz. and Musa spec. On the ground were growing: 
Wedelia biflora D. C., Nephrolepis hirsutula Pr., Stenosemia 
aurita Pr. Very remarkable was the vegetation near the runnel 
for in addition to the species of trees and shrubs already referred 
to there were present an abundance of the Begonia isoptera 
Dryand., which otherwise grows higher up, and a number of 
specimens of a robust new Homalomena-species described by van — 
ALDERWERELT vAN RosensureH '), to wit H. sebessiana v. A. v. R. 
Viewed from the ship the mountain sides were again densely 
clad with Musa, above which a few species of trees, before all 
Ficus variegata Bl. reared their tall crowns. 
April 28th. This day was set apart for an excursion to a 
couple of dry rice-fields and the surrounding forest. The way 
to them leads first across the grounds already described and 
through deserted dry rice-fields now run to waste. All over 
these had developed a wilderness of herbs and brushwood such 
as is also often found in Java on similar grounds. Here and 
there young trees were beginning to grow up again. The plants 
that were abundant were: Blumea balsamifera D. C., Ruellia 
repens Burm., Trema virgata Bl., Pipturus incanus Bl., Melochia 
umbellata Stapf., Corchorus acutangulus Lmk., Cyperus distans L., 
Fimbristylis complanata Link., Digitaria sanguinalis Scop., Dac- 
tyloctenium aegyptium Richt. ete. A big hirsute Convolvulaceae: 
Merremia vitifolia Hall. fil. spread over large areas. The rice- 
field itself consisted of a comparatively pure growth of rice but 
the edges of it were invaded by many of the plant-species just 
referred to. The confines were formed’ by the straight timber 
of a high-stemmed original forest with little undergrowth on 
the ground. The oldest part consisted of a number of wide- 
girthed and tall trees among which deserve to be noticed as 
rising higher than the rest: Ficus variegata BI., Anthocephalus 
1) C. R. W. K. van ALDERWERELT vAN RosenBurGH. New or Noteworthy Malayan 
Aracese, 3. Bulletin du Jard. bot. de Buitenzorg. Série III. Vol. IV. 1922. p. 333, 
