Smithsonian Report. 1952. — Walker 



PLATE 6 



Forest and Swamp Plants 



Upper: Okinawan botanists Sonohara and Tawada inspect an ancient strangling fig or 

 banyan, whose basket roots enveloped and choked its host and whose aerial roots grew 

 into supporting props. 



Lower: The nipa palm was discovered in a mangrove swamp on Iriomote Island, its most 

 northerly known occurrence. 



