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branching at the height of a man, so as to form a dense, spherical or pyramidal 

 crown of foliage. Between them there are others of more moderate circumference, 

 as thick as a man's waist or thigh, which shoot up further towards the light but even 

 then branch at a short distance above the ground, yet do not expand their crowns 



Fig. 434. Region of the temperate rain-forest in Ceylon. Calophyllum eugenioides. 

 From a photograph. 



horizontally to a greater extent until near their tops. Macaranga kilimandscharica, 

 Melanodiscus oblongus, Ilex mitis, Dombeya leucoderma, Hagenia abyssinica belong 

 to these. All of them except Voacanga dichotoma, which is rich in latex, have 

 leaves of only the moderate size of our own trees, and they do not stand close 



