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tropical landscapes ; but. like palms, they arc not altogether wanting in 

 subtropical zones, and in Japan reach tlie cool temperate zones. Bamboos 



Fig. 120. I'hoenix sylvestris. Forming a grove on swampy ground near Bomb.iy. 

 From a ]ihotograph by Deichmiiller. 



tlG. 121. Lodoicea Seychellarum. (! rowing wild on the island of Praslin, Seychelles. 

 From a photograph by A. Brauer. 



ive their appearance in vast numbers over the greater part of the tropical 

 5ne — Africa is poor in them — chiefly to cultivation. The}- are, however, 



