CHAPTER XI 



BOTAXY 



rp>HE aspect of the flora of the Uganda rrotectorate, as it would strike the- 

 -L unscientific traveller passing hurriedly through the country, has been 

 dealt with in the earlier chapters of this book, which attempted to give an 

 approximate idea of the general aspect of the landsca})es. 



From a botanical point of view the Protectorate may be divided perliaps- 

 into five regions : — 



(1) The first I would characterise as the Somali Region, which would 

 include the arid country in the basin of Pake Kudolf, and up the Kift 

 Valley as far as the north end of Lake Baringo. Some aspects of this- 



208. FLAT-TOPl'KI) ACACIA (GKOWING AT AKOIT 6,003 FEET 

 UNDER THE EjUATOK), VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF 

 THE HILLY CENTRAL AFRICAN REGIONS 



^^omali steppe region reappear again in the Pift Valley to the south of 

 Lake Naivasha. This region would be characterised by a sparse vegeta- 

 tion almost identical with that found in Somaliland. with a few types- 



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