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orange, of greenish white, pink, and mauve. Some trees or creepers 

 (GoTribrehtm racemosum) are like the Bougainvillui, throwing out 

 wreaths and veils and cascades of the most exquisite mauve or red-violet, 

 where the colour is given by bracts, the flower itself being crimson 

 and of small size. Blue alone appears to be missing from this gamut 

 .of colour in the forest flowers, though it is frequently present amongst 

 herbaceous shrubs or plants growing close to the ground, and so far 

 as the trees are concerned, is often suijplied by the beautiful species 



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of turaco that particularly affect the forest, and In- larg(> high-flying 

 butterflies. 



The woodland of tropical luxuriance ascends in Uganda to a height of 



