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While at Tjibodas further search was made for the Atithoceros 

 with multiple chromatophores collected near Buitenzorg. This 

 species was not found, but another one was discovered, much larger 

 and not at all uncommon. This grew usually upon rotten logs 

 but afterwards was found also upon the ground and occasionally 

 upon boulders. It is possible that the form growing upon the 

 boulders is distinct. This species was named Megaceros Tjibo- 

 densis and a full account of it as well as of the other species 

 has been published (Some Javanese Anthocerotaceae, No. I, 

 Annals of Botany, vol. 21, October, 1907). 



A brief excursion was also made to Garoet, lying in the 

 mountains to the southeast of Buitenzorg in a much drier district 

 with a correspondingly poorer flora. The liverworts of this 

 region are some of them xerophytic in character, growing upon 

 more or less exposed rocks. At this place I found Targionia 

 dioica Schiffn. and a species of Fimbriaria occurring in clefts 

 among the lava blocks upon the exposed slopes of the Goentoer, 

 a volcano in the neighborhood of Garoet. The other forms col- 

 lected appeared to be the same as those found about Buitenzorg, 



No account of the collecting in Java would be complete with- 

 out an acknowledgment of the very great indebtedness of all 

 botanists to the admirable organization of the botanical gardens 

 and the allied Department of Agriculture, which is largely due 

 to the efforts of the distinguished director, Professor Treub, 

 Everything is done to aid the visiting botanist, all the very com- 

 plete laboratories and libraries being placed freely at his disposal. 

 The opening of the wonderful forest of Tjibodas and the help 

 of the efficient native collectors, whose acquaintance with the 

 native plants is very extensive, make collecting a comparatively 

 simple and expeditious matter, and one is able in a very short 

 time to accumulate a mass of invaluable material, which it would 

 be impossible to duplicate elsewhere. 



Leland Stanford Junior University. 



