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BOTANY 



perhaps characteristic of tlie Sahara Desert or of the southern slo[;es of 

 the Abyssinian mountains. 



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

 <and wild date palms,* euphorbias, acacias, thorn-bushes, Sanseviera, and 



209. CUKIOU.S FUXGU.S COMMON IX FOKKsT KEGION.S 



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

 parts of German, Portuguese, and British East Africa, and of some parts 



* Possibly Phwnix spinosa. 



t Though none have yet been reported from within the limits of the I'ganda 

 Protectorate. 



