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ACCOUNT OF EXPEDITIONS TO MT. KINABALU. 
borangah as the only locality for Patersonia (Iridaceae) 
outside extra-tropical Australia,* and “ a few dead trees 
wreathed in some melancholy-looking Lycopodium casuarin- 
oides, the only approach to anything like a Casuarina seen 
anywhere, though previous writers all record this un¬ 
mistakable genus both here and on the Maraiparai.” 
Miss Gibbs comments on the helplessness of the natives 
in enduring the cold at this altitude, and in the final part 
of the ascent she records “ an appreciable film of ice about 
5 mm. thick,” filling the cracks and holes by the side of 
the Kadamaian. As noted in the last account of this 
expedition, the party reached Low’s Peak and deposited 
records of their visit under a stone. 
The zones of vegetation suggested by Stapf are modified 
somewhat by Miss Gibbs, who recognizes seven forma¬ 
tions :— 
1. The secondary forest (2500 ft.-4000 ft.). 
2. The primary high forest (3500 ft.-6000 ft.). 
3. The mossy forest (6000 ft.-9000 ft.). 
4. The scrub formation (on the exposed serpentine). 
5. The low-sheltered forest (9500 ft.-10,500 ft.). 
6. The sub-summit dwarf forest (above 10,500 ft.). 
7. The granite core (above 10,500 ft.). 
The return journey was made by the Tampassuk route 
to Kotabelud and thence to Tuaran. 
Pages 56 to 239 of this paper are devoted to the botanical 
collection, which were particularly valuable and interesting, 
as the following figures indicate :— 
The author’s summary shows that about one thousand 
plants in all were collected, of which eighty-seven proved 
new to science. Of these Kinabalu claims three hundred 
and thirty-seven specimens, comprising three new genera 
and thirty-eight new species. She added no less than one 
hundred and twenty-nine species to Stapf s list of Kinabalu 
plants. 
1910. The Sierra Club Bulletin. Yol. viii. No. 1. 
January, 1911. Pp. 18-24, pis. xiv., xv. “ A Vacation 
Trip to Mount Kinabalu in British North Borneo.” By 
F. W. Foxworthy. 
Dr. Foxworthy made his visit just a month after Miss 
Gibbs. He came down from Manila to Jesselton, and 
thence up the coast again to Usukan Bay, and on to the 
* Another species, P. lowii , Stapf, grows on the Marei Parei spur at 
5500 ft. 
