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OUTLINE OF PLANT GEOGRAPHY 



the straits of Gibraltar being very much alike. The climate is 

 especially favorable for all kinds of Citrus fruits, and even bananas 

 will ripen in some Localities; and sugar cane and cotton, are among 

 the products of this region. Raisins and figs are produced in large 

 quantities, and in the hot dry regions of the southern Mediter- 

 ranean coast, date palms thrive and ripen their fruit as well as in 

 Morocco or Algeria. 



Fonsts 



The forests of Spain are largely restricted to the mountainous 

 districts. In the higher parts of the Pyrenees there are forests of 



Fig. 7.— Ilex oak. Island of Majorca. Photo., Dr. H. Knoc 



silver fir and Norway spruce, but except for an endemic fir (Abies 

 Pinsapo) restricted to a limited area in the higher mountains of 

 southern Spain, the conifers are all species of pines, of which per- 

 haps the stone pine (P. pined) is the most notable. This species 

 and the somewhat similar P. pinaster, are common over most of 

 the Mediterranean littoral. In the south occurs also the Aleppo 

 pine, P. Halepensi*. 



The deciduous forests are especially characteristic of the north- 

 ern mountain regions. The predominant trees are chestnuts. 



