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BOTANY 



perhaps characteristic of the Sahara Desert or of the southern slopes of 

 the Abyssinian mountains. 



(2) The East African Region, a land of grass, Borassus, Hyphcene, 

 ^nd wild date palms/'' eui)horhias. acacia*, thorn-bushes, Sanseviera, and 



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I. CURIOUS FUNGUS CO.Mll(»N' IX FOHKST KEfilOXS 



perhaps baobabs, f which is particularly characteristic of the low-lying 

 parts of (jerman, Portuguese, and British East Africa, and of some parts 



* Possibly Phceiiix spinosa. 



t Though none have yet been, reported from within the limits of the f^ganda 

 Protectorate. 



