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branches, attaining a height of 1 8 or 20 meters, are almost entirely absent from the 

 southern' slopes of Kilimanjaro ; on its northern slopes they are represented solely 

 by Juniperus procera. Instead of these, we see here and there trunks attaining the 



Fig 4« Flora of the summit of Kinabalu in Borneo. 12,000-13,000 feet. A Symplocos buxi- 

 folia Hoof'f ' (Styleae). B Drapetes ericoides Hook, f. (Thymelaeaceae). 6 Coprosma 

 Hookeri, Stapf. Natural size. Drawn from nature by M. bmitli. 



diameter of our thickest oaks, most of them individuals of Schefflera Volkensii, 

 Agauria salicifolia, or Paxiodendron usambarense, which however commence 



