SEIFRIZ: PLANTS ON Mt. GEDEH, JAVA 297 
stands in the undergrowth. A large yellow raspberry, Rubus 
alpestris, tempts one to taste it only to find that it is frightfully 
sour. 
The notch between the peaks of Gedeh and Pangerango, where 
- the third subzone ends at an altitude of nearly 8,000 feet, is the 
_ rigs a ha 
See 
* Sots tao 
Fic. 6. The crown of an Alsophila. 
home of one of the most exquisite of all tropical plants, the tree 
fern. The tree fern, although always associated with the tropics, 
is in reality subtropical. It is not found with such truly tropical 
plants as the cocoanut. On the contrary, it occurs at relatively 
high altitudes, where the temperature is moderate. Asa group, 
the ferns are generally regarded as shade loving plants, but I am 
inclined to believe that it is not their apparent shade loving 
proclivities which determine the regions in which ferns in general 
