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tropical landscapes ; but, like palms, they are not altogether wanting in 

 subtropical zones, and in Japan reach the cool temperate zones. Bamboos 



Fig. 120. Phoenix sylvestris. Forming a grove on swampy ground near Bombay. 

 From a photograph by Deichmuller. 



Fig. 121. Lodoicea Seyehellarum. Growing wild on the island of Praslin, Seychelles. 

 From a photograph by A. Brauer. 



owe their appearance in vast numbers over the greater part of the tropical 

 zone — Africa is poor in them— chiefly to cultivation. They are, however, 



