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THE CENTEAL PROVINCE 



an immense floral hedge. This consists of the beautiful pink Acanthus 

 arboreus (see accompanying illustration), mingled with the coral-red aloes 

 already described, and sometimes with the scarlet ekirikiti.* There is 

 a great deal of the spidery green euphorbia in these hedges. The sleek. 



37. VEGETATION, 6,000 FEET, IIOUNT ELGON 



humped cattle, often grey or white in colour, the parti-coloured goats 

 and, the brown sheep, the numerous fowls of black, white, piebald, and 

 gamecock colour, diversify these charming agricultural landscajjes. Attached 



* Erythrina tovientosa. This most characteristic tree is also illustrated in the 

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