. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. Mountain Plants. 127 ferns, sometimes fifty feet high, contributes greatly to the general effect, since of all the forms of tropical vegetation they are certainly the most striking and beautiful. Some of the deep ravines which have been cleared of large timber are full of them from top to bottom; and where the road crosses one of these valleys, the view of their feath- ery crowns, in varied positions above and below the eye, offers a
. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. Mountain Plants. 127 ferns, sometimes fifty feet high, contributes greatly to the general effect, since of all the forms of tropical vegetation they are certainly the most striking and beautiful. Some of the deep ravines which have been cleared of large timber are full of them from top to bottom; and where the road crosses one of these valleys, the view of their feath- ery crowns, in varied positions above and below the eye, offers a spectacle of pictur- esque beauty never to be forgotten. The splendid foliage of the broad-leaved Musacese and the Zinziberacege, with their curious and brilliant flowers, and the elegant and varied forms of plants allied to Begonia and Melas- toma, continually at- tract the attention in this Filling up the spaces between the trees and larger plants, on every trunk and stump and branch, are hosts of orchids, ferns, and lycopods, which wave and hang and intertwine in ever- varying complexity. At about 5000 feet I first saw horsetails (Equisetum), very like our own species. At 6000 feet raspber- ries abound, and thence to the summit of the mountain there are three species of eatable E,ubus. At '7000 feet cypresses appear, and the forest-trees become reduced in size, and more covered with mosses and lichens. From this point upward. PKIMULA Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913. New York : Harper
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