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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 



[chap. IX. 



those of Java and the Malay peninsula. Among the more 

 characteristic forms of this flora are the rattans — climbing 

 palms of the genus Calamus, and a great variety of tall, 

 as well as stemless palms. Orchids, Aracese, Ziugiberaceae 



GRAMMATOPHYLLUM, A GIGANTIC OKCHIb. 



and ferns, are especially abundant, and the genus Gramuia- 

 tophyllum — a gigantic epiphytal orchid, whose clusters of 

 leaves and flower-stems are ten or twelve feet long — is 

 peculiar to it. Here, too, is the domain of the wonderful 



