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the sandy coast south of Hams Bluff near the plantation "North- 

 side" and on the north coast from the plantation "Rust op Twist", 

 in westerly direction as far as the sandy shore extends. Here a 

 regular forest with imposing old manchineel trees is to be found, 

 through which winds the north-side road. Fig. 29 shows a part 



Fig. 31. TerminaUa Cafairpa L. at. the heaii of Store Nordsidebugt on 

 the north side of St. Thomas. (F. B. phot.) 



of this forest in the neigbourhood of the plantation Rust op jTwist. 

 The trees here certainly reach to a height of at least 60 feet. 

 They have a very dense roof of foliage, and the ground is there- 

 fore without any vegetation, only just at the sea, where the vegeta- 

 tion is more scattered, some other species are found intermingled, e. g. 

 Coccoloha uvifera and Guilandina Botiducella L. which as a roof-shaped 

 cover spreads over for example Coccoloba and other smaller trees 



