CiTAPTER XT 



BOTANY 



rr^HE aspect of the Hora of the Uganda Protectorate, as it woukl strike the 

 -L unscientitic traveller passing hurriedly through the country, has h.een 

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

 approximate idea of the general aspect of the landscapes. 



P>om a botanical point of view the Protectorate may be divided perhaps- 

 into five regions : — 



(1) The first I would characterise as the Soniali Befjion, which would 

 include the arid country in the basin of Lake Ivudolf, and up the Kift 

 Yallev as far as the north end of Lake Ikringo. Some aspects of this- 



208. FLAT-TOl'1'El) ACACIA (UKOWIXG AT AUOLT b,000 FEKT 

 INDKK THE EQUATOU), VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF 

 THE HII.I.Y CENTRAL AFRICAN REGIOX^5 



Somali steppe region reappear again in the Rift 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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