83 



7. Summarized, so very little is known of the flora in 1886 that not a 

 single reliable conclusion can be drawn, neither about the 

 state at that time nor about the mode of development 

 between 1883 and 1886. All guesses made on this point, 

 without a single exception, are unproved anJ improvable, 

 often even improbable. The harsh words must be spoken: 

 taken as a whole the botanical investigation of Krakatao 

 in 1886 u'c7S a failure; because of its superficiality it could 

 not be otherwise. 



