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herbs, form the Pes-caprae formation, about which more anon. 
Everywhere about and over the plants teems the tropical 
,dodder” (Cassytha filiformis L.). Immediately behind the white 
beach there is a low wall of shore-cliff, grown with various 
plants, which I need not enumerate all, and immediately behind 
this follows the Casuary-forest. 
The belt of Casuarina-forest consists of various kinds of trees 
belonging to what is called the Barringtonia-formation, owing 
its name to a magnificent beach-tree Barringtonia speciosa L. 
To the same formation belong also the well-known ,ketapan” 
(Terminalia Catappa. L.), and the ,Waru” (Hibiscus tiliaceus L.). 
Birds were heard ,making melodye”, especially the clear note 
of the gold- and black Oriole was audible everywhere. The 
Casuarine-forest has a thick undergrowth of various bushes and 
plenty of trailing and creeping plants, so that it is almost im- 
penetrable. Behind the Casuary-trees there is a broad stretch 
consisting of various grasses among which the ,glagah” (Sac- 
charum spontaneum L.) is most in evidence. On our walk along 
the beach we penetrated here and there into the wilds and 
collected a good many plants and animals, my booty amounting 
to some hundred different plants, which were carried home, 
labelled and dried. Next day an exploration-trip was made in 
the lower ravines for the purpose of seeking a track to the top 
of Mt. Rakata. The first attempts were not encouraging. First 
the way follows a watercourse in the glagah-field, swarming 
with thousands of ants, which were also very troublesome to 
Ernst’s exploring-party; after that a lovely spot was reached, 
the gully of a dry water-channel with many tall trees and a 
good deal of underwood and fern. The zoologist collected a 
number of lob and lugworms (Lumbricus spec.) which had not 
been perceived by Jacosson. I myself attempted to penetrate pe 
further, but was checked by the same ravines and cross ravines 
which had hampered the succes of previous excursions. But the 
finds were very promising. Many trees there were belonging to — 
a few species, especially the Ficus-family, a. 0. F. jistulosa, fulva, = 
| variegata: some of them quite big; furthermore Radermachera - = 
glandulosa Miq., Homalanthus 0. K., Macaranga Tanaris Noy 
