. Contributions from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory. Plants. 292 Seifriz: Plants on Mt. Gedeh, Java Here, in the second subzone, which we have just entered, the vegetation first really assumes the aspect of a tropical rain- forest. Lianes are more numerous. The undergrowth is less orderly (but by no means a "jungle," a word which is so often and so erroneously used to char- acterize tropical vegetation). Trees, rocks, and soil are moss-bedecked; and all is reeking wet, actual bogs being met with under foot. Some plant forms of the first subzone are still abundant, but others are no
. Contributions from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory. Plants. 292 Seifriz: Plants on Mt. Gedeh, Java Here, in the second subzone, which we have just entered, the vegetation first really assumes the aspect of a tropical rain- forest. Lianes are more numerous. The undergrowth is less orderly (but by no means a "jungle," a word which is so often and so erroneously used to char- acterize tropical vegetation). Trees, rocks, and soil are moss-bedecked; and all is reeking wet, actual bogs being met with under foot. Some plant forms of the first subzone are still abundant, but others are no longer seen and new forms take their place. The great rasamala is rare. Podocarpus is its successor (Fig. 5). This tree is the only conifer, in fact the only gymnosperm, indigenous to Mt. Gedeh. Three species of Podo- carpus are to be found, P. imbricata (P. cupressina), P. neriifolia, and P. amara. While this genus ex- tends into the two adjacent zones, especially the upper one, it is in this second subzone that it is most abundant and reaches its maximum size, fully 5 feet in diameter. Podocarpus is the monarch of the second subzone, as was Altingia of the first, but other very large trees are also numerous. Especi- ally fine is Engelhardtia {E. serrata and E. spicata). This big tree re- sembles the rasamala in size and shape, but its small lanceolate leaflets give to its lofty crown a different and lacy appearance. Another large tree common to this and the adjoining third sub- zone is ScJiima Noronhae, the "poespa" of the Javanese. Its good-sized, showy flowers are often seen sprinkling the ground with spots of white and yellow. The figs, oaks, and chestnuts. Fig. 5. The monarch of the second subzone, Podocarpus im- bricatus. The vine on the trunk some 20 feet from the ground is Epipremnum piiinatum. The na- tive shown is Sapiin, the veteran plant collector of Tjibodas, who knows the Sundanese name of every seed-plant in these moun- tain Please note that
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