159 



Goodeniaceae. 



35. Scaevo/a frutescens Krause (Scaevola Koenigii Valil). See 

 p. 49, No. 9. 



In several places. Ernst's statement ^) that this shrub 

 formed together with other plants ,,formliche Dickichte" 

 along the border of the gullies in the interior is incorrect. 



Compositae. 



36. Wedel/'a biflora D. C. (In Ernst's paper named Wedelia 



glabrata B. et H., Wedelia scabriuscula Boerl. and Wollas- 

 tonia spec.). See p. 49, sub No. I. 

 In many places. 



C. FINDS IN THE INTERIOR. 



The locality which was buried by the eruption of 1883 under 

 a mixture of ashes and pumice rises near the sea very gently 

 upwards towards the cone of the mountain, which lies north-west 

 of our landing-place. Quite near the coast the plain is interrupted 

 only by a number of broad and shallow gullies, which come out 

 on the sea. These gullies have been eroded by rain-water flowing 

 down; they contain, like the wadies of North-Africa, water only 

 during and shortly after heavy showers. At a short distance from 

 the coast they increase in number and depth; their steep walls 

 consisting of loose materials can be climbed only with much difficulty 

 and frequently not at all. The investigated part of the interior was 

 in 1906 mainly clothed with a very dense, 2-5 m. high Saccharum- 

 jungle -) which left only here and there some space for other 

 plants and could be traversed only by the aid of a chopping- 

 knife and at much pains. The endless difficulties presented by the 

 unevenness of the locality, by the incredibly dense vegetation, by 

 the tropical heat, by the lack of shadow and water, by the incessant 

 attacks of innumerable vicious ants and mosquitoes, were cause that 

 our progress was but very slow. When after hours of toilsome struggle 3 ) 

 we had at last to reluctantly admit that the short time still at our 

 disposal did not allow us to continue our way, we were at best 1'/4 km., 

 as the crow flies, from the coast and still far from the lower wooded 

 ravines. We had not reached a greater height than at best 40 or 50 m., 



1 ) Ernst, Neue Flora Vulkaninsel Krakatau (1907), p. 32. 



2 ) See also p. 100 seq. 



3 ) See Ernst, Neue Flora Vulkaninsel Krakatau (1907), pp. 32 34, already partly 

 cited lierebefore, p. 102. 



