THE VEGETATION OF UGANDA. 533 
Notes on the Vegetation of Buddu and the Western and 
Nile Provinces of the Uganda Protectorate. 
By M. T. Dawe. 
THE districts visited by me, starting from Entebbe, are: —Busiro, 
Mawakota, Buddu, Koki, Ankole, Toro (including Mt. Ruwen- 
zori and Semliki Valley), Buyaga, Unyoro,,Chiope, Acholi, 
Madi and Bari; the total distance covered amounting to over 
3000 miles. 
In the following notes I intend to give such information 
concerning these districts as bears on the nature of the country, 
its elimatie conditions, and the predominant features of the 
flora. 
My collections comprise nearly a thousand species obtained 
on the line of route, whilst daily on the march, no halts having 
been made for the express purpose of collecting. A prolonged 
stay in these distriets would materially have resulted in a far 
more complete and representative collection. 
Busrro, Mawaxkora, AND BUDDU, 
Busiro and Mawakota lie to the north-west of the Victoria 
Nyanza, and Buddu lies due west. The flora of these districts, 
together with Chagwe, the Sesse and Buvumu Islands, shows 
considerable affinity with that of West Africa. 
The low-lying alluvial area, bordering the lake-margin of these 
regions down to the Anglo-German Boundary, is more or less 
covered with forest. Receding from the Victoria Nyanza, the 
country is more hilly, and is mainly composed of grass- and bush- 
land; but woodland and forest is found in the valleys and low- 
lying localities. These areas are watered by several rivers 
flowing into the Victoria Nyanza. The only large and important 
oue, however, is the Katonga, and it is somewhat sluggish, 
being choked with a dense growth of papyrus and reeds. 
The altitude of this region averages about 4000 feet above the 
sea. The mean maximum temperature in the shade, as repre- 
sented by Entebbe, which is situated near the lake, is 76° Fahr., 
the mean minimum is about 63°, and the lowest recorded tem- 
perature is 59°. At ihe higher elevation of Masaka, situated 
on the hills about twenty miles inland from the Lake shore, 
the mean maximum is 75°, and the mean minimum 59°. The 
