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and ranges between this height and 10,000 feet. I noticed on Ruwenzori 

 no species of juniper, though I have seen junipers on Elgon and all the 

 eastern heights of the Uganda Protectorate. I do not know if this conifer, 

 so: common in Abyssinia and on the high mountains of Eastern Africa, is 



135. MOSSES COVERING TRUNKS OF TREE-HEATHS, RUWENZORI (lI.OOO FEET) 



absent from Kuwenzori. The Podocarpiis tree is a handsome object; 

 the leaves are much longer than in the yew, so long that they 

 almost look like the foliage of the eucalyptus. The old leaves are a rich 

 dark glossy green, and the new leaves a vivid yellow-green, so that the 

 foliage is full of colour, the more so as the catkins and cones are a lovely 

 mauve-pink. The Podocarpjus gives out a smell exactly like the English 



