54 ACCOUNT OF A TRIP UP THE PAHANG, AND OTHER RIVERS. 



A curious plant which requires investigation is an epiphytic 

 Paiidanus which grow^s in the form of a tuft often in tall trees. 

 Plants were seen lar up the Tahan River but they bore no 

 flowers nor fruit Similar plants have been seen in Perak and 

 in Johor where ii is called "Pandan Lari ." It is evidently a true 

 Pandamis and not a Freycinetia. Orchids are abundant on the 

 trees overhanging the river. Most coiisf)icuous is Grain- 

 matophylhini, in grand fl(;wer at the time of our visit. There 

 were also an abundance of Dendrobiums, Erias, BulbopJiylla^ 

 TJiecostele, Pododiili, Appendicidas, Cc^logynes, including 

 the lovely C. Forstermanni. Among the prettiest novelties 

 were a beautiful orange Dendrobiuin, and a PJialcBuopsis in 

 the way of PJi. sunmtrana but with smaller flowers. The 

 gravelly islets of the river were bright \\'\\\\ Arundina speciosa, 

 the best form with the very dark lip. 



Ferns produced no novelties, but among the most conspi- 

 cuous were Dipteris Horsfieldii, and D. Lobbii, Adian- 

 tuin (EtJiiopicHui, many Lindsayas and TricJwrnaues and 

 Hynieiiopliylla. 



The common Selaginellas atid Lycopodiuitis were plentiful, 

 and a number collected. X fev/ mosses were also obtained, 

 among which Mr. Brotherus (of Helsingfors) has found 

 two novelties. 



Jungle Produce. 



The Pahang gutta still holds its own as one of the best 

 class guttas in the market. The tree {DicJiopsis gntta) is abun- 

 dant in many of the upper forests and was fairly plentiful in 

 the Tahan valley though here as elsewhere the trees are scatter- 

 ed often at some distance apart in the jungle. WillugJibeias, 

 (Getah Grip) are abundant, and w^e had often to cut through 

 big lines of them in the Tahan valley. \ new species of 

 this genus with eatable apricot-coloured fruit grew in the 

 open heath country ntar Pekan. Jelutong, {Dyera costiilata, 

 Hook.) is also plentiful. 



Gaharu Wood [Aqnilaria inalacceiisis) is procured from 

 the Tahan valley as elsewhere in Pahang and specimens of 

 th^ tree in fruit were collected. 



