Orchids, Araceae, Zingiberaceae and ferns, are especially abundant, and the genus Grammatophyllum--a gigantic epiphytal orchid, whose clusters of leaves and flower-stems are ten or twelve feet long--is peculiar to it.

Here, too, is the domain of the wonderful pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae), which are only represented elsewhere by solitary species in Ceylon, Madagascar, the Seychelles, Celebes, and the Moluccas.

Those celebrated fruits, the Mangosteen and the Durian, are natives of this region, and will hardly grow out of the Archipelago.

The mountain plants of Java have already been alluded to as showing a former connexion with the continent of Asia; and a still more extraordinary and more ancient connection with Australia has been indicated by Mr.Low's collections from the summit of Kini-balou, the loftiest mountain in Borneo.
Plants have much greater facilities for passing across arms of the sea than animals.

The lighter seeds are easily carried by the winds, and many of them are specially adapted to be so carried.