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IT is within a few months of twenty years since the great eruption took place which absolutely killed all life in the island of Krakatao. About three years later, Dr. Treub visited the island and examined the beginnings of a new vegetation, the results of which were recorded in 1888 (NATURE, vol. xxxviii. p. 344). He found that the first; vegetable settlers on the covering of pumice-stone, lava and ash were microscopic algee belonging to the Cyanophyceæ. These organisms covered the surface with a slimy layer, which acted as a decomposing agent and created a suitable substratum for ferns, of which about a dozen species were already abundant in 1886. Dr. Treub also observed a few individuals of fifteen species of flowering plants, most of which had sprung from drift-seeds.
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HEMSLEY, W. Progress of the New Vegetation of Krakatao . Nature 67, 498 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067498b0
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