November, 1921.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 135 
in solemnly turning over papers and specimens before an admiring Dusan- 
On the bridle-path towards Koung, “Groups of gregarious palms 1 
clothed the sloping sides of streams, while tree ferns, markedly absent* 
elsewhere, were another prominent feature.” The terrestrial Orchids 1 
Spathoglottis aurea, Ascotainia borneensis, and Coelogyne Sanderiana, 
formed part of the undergrowth, which in many places consisted o( l 
bracken about 3 m. high that had to be beaten apart to allow of passing, 
through. Of epiphytic Orchids the magnificent yellow Eria Gibbsiae, 
forming big clumps on old tree-stumps, and Vanda Gibbsiae, with shoots- 
about 1 m. long and large yellow flowers, were very common. 
On the Gurulau Spur Goodyera kinabaluensis, with its lovely pink-^ 
veined leaves, and Eria cymbidifolia, an acaulescent, pink-flowered species r 
were found. “ Moss had covered the trunks of the trees up to now, but 
here it also over-ran the prostrate logs which encumbered the ground and 
growing upon which various Orchids were conspicuous.” Higher up, on 
the trunks of trees, were Trichoglottis kinabaluensis, Eria rubiginosa, 
Dendrobium villosulum, and Liparis disticha. Other Orchids were found 
on the Maraiparai Spur. 
In the chapter devoted to the “ Ascent to the Summit,” we read of the 
many preparations that were necessary for a party of 35 during a five or six 
days’ trip. Sumat, one of the three head-men, “carried an enormous 
basket of charms, something like a pillow-lace cushion in shape, the charms 
hanging all round like bobbins, each encased in coloured rotan, beautifully" 
plaited. The separate items consisted of bits of horn, bone, pebbles, glass, 
and other oddments, and I recognised the basket as being the same which 
Low described as being carried by his guide Lemaing on the occasion of his 
first ascent. 
As the ascent continues, the reading increases in interest. At an altitude 
of 7,000 ft. the little oasis of Kamburangau was reached. It was here that 
Whitehead, “ under almost impossible hardships, spent six weeks in 
practically ceaseless rain and mist, and although ill with fever and limited 
to a miserable zulpa as shelter for himself and his faithful Kadyans, 
obtained and skinned a great part of his priceless collection of birds.” 
But Miss Gibbs experienced some difficulty about water for so many people. 
What had soaked into holes made in sand had given out, so recourse was 
made to that stored in the pitcher-plants for making tea. Trouble was also 
experienced with the natives, the low temperature having a most demoralis¬ 
ing affect, for clad in cotton garments they had no protection, and the 
feeling of cold was to them a disease to which they would willingly have 
succumbed if no European had been present to keep them going. Amongst 
the very luxuriant epiphytic growth Eria ferox, 0.75 metre in height, was in- 
