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north as Mozambique. E. villosus is rather abundant in the East 

 London region, growing in the bush veldt, while E. altensleinii grows 

 in rocky places in the open. It is also abundant at Kentani and oc- 

 curs in Pondoland and Uganda. E. hildebrandtii, which resembles 

 E. villosus, is farther north, extending as far as Mombasa. E. fridc- 

 rici guilclmi makes a great display on the mountains near Queens- 



FiG. 65. — Stangeria paradoxa: near Mtunzini, Zululand, South Africa (January, 

 191 2). — From Chamberlain, The Living Cycads'"> (University of Chicago Press). 



town and, farther south, on the Windvogelberg at Cathcart (fig. 63). 

 At Junction Farm at the junction of the Zwartkei and Greatkei 

 rivers, it is associated with E. Ichmannii, and, in the brush, there are 

 occasional specimens of E. villosus. E. coffer makes its greatest dis- 

 play at van Staadens, near Port Elizabeth. E. horridus, a very char- 

 acteristic species, is abundant at Uitenhage, not far from Port Eliza- 

 beth. E. lalifrons, a remarkable, slow-growing species, is not abun- 

 dant anywhere, but scattered specimens occur at Trapps Valley, a 

 short distance southeast from Grahamstown (fig. 64). E. barieri be- 



