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64 (8). Trichosporum volubile Nees- 



Creeping or climbing plant, usually found in very wet 

 localities ^), occurring in West-Java from the plains up to an 

 altitude of 300 m. The reproduction is effected by seeds, 

 which in the same way as those of the preceding species 

 are provided with 2 hairs. 



Collected on the summit of Mount Rakata. The Dutch 

 text adds: ,,in brushwood" but in 6 herebefore it is said 

 that the plant crept over Saccharum spontaneum and 2 

 herbaceous fern-species. 



65 (6). Cyrtandra su/cata B/. See p. 194, No. 29 and 6 and 15. 



From an altitude of 50 m. to the top of the mountain. 



Rubiaceae. 



66 (21). Nauclea purpurascens B/. See p. 194, No. 30 and 5 



herebefore. 



From an altitude of 30 m. to the top of the mountain. 

 The Dutch text says from 30 m. to near the top. 



Compositae. 



67 (2). Erechthites valerianifolia Rafin. 



Annual weed of cultivated fields, in 1845 accidentally intro- 

 duced from Brazil into Java, at present spread throughout the 

 moister regions of the island from the plains up to an altitude 

 of 2200 m., especially above 400 m. in tea- and Cinchona- 

 plantations, in fields, on road-sides and in recent clearings, 

 locally (especially on fertile soils) often a very common 

 plant. The reproduction is effected by the fruits which are 

 provided with a well-developed pappus. 



Collected near the summit of the mountain. ,,/Vo real 

 ,,forest- plant" (D.v.L) The Dutch text adds: ,,found between 

 ,,shrubs". 



68 (3). Gynura sarmenlosa D.C. 



Straggling or scandent weed, often with long depending 

 branches, spread throughout Java from the plains up to an 

 altitude of 1600 m., but only in regions where the east- 

 monsoon is not very strong. It grows in thickets and hedges, 



l ) Edeling (Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Ned.-lndie XXXI (1870), p. 324) found it in 

 a bog near Meester Cornells (south of Batavia); I myself saw it climbing in a small 

 Metroxylon-morass south of Buitenzorg. 



