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of the western states (Cledme serrulata ), but much improved in 
size of flower. Species of Stachytarpheta, Musaenda, and Enpa- 
torium look familiar enough. They are all fairly common along 
roadsides in Java. The first resembles closely our wild verbenas 
of the western United States and the Musaenda would be taken 
for a Lantana. It was a pleasure to see in the herbaceous garden 
a sun-flower plant in full bloom but it looked a little the worse 
for the damp weather. Certainly it was not as much at home 
as it would be on a Kansas prairie. 
Fig. 31. Date-palms at the left, Terminalia at the right. 
It is among the trees and lianas, however, that we see the 
typical parts of the Buitenzorg garden. Those of us who know, 
perhaps, fifty trees and half a dozen climbers think we have a 
good idea of our own forests but a knowledge of only such a 
few plants would not even be a beginning in Java. The botanist 
