Liberia *- 



Several bamboos are indigenous to Tropical Africa, especially 

 in its east and central parts, but away from the more temperate 

 regions of Natal and South Africa they are only found on 

 high mountains, or at any rate not much lower than altitudes of 



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3,000 feet. Under the Equator (for example, .in the Uganda 

 Protectorate) bamboos do not make their appearance until 

 about 7,500 feet above sea level. In British Central Africa, 

 much farther south, the bamboo level begins at 3,000 feet (or 

 even a little lower) and extends to 7,000 feet in different species. 



