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Priiite'd by J. B. Obernettet, Muiiicb, Germany 



Fig. IS2. Root-climbing lianes on a tree-stem in the South Mexican rain-forest (Province 

 of Chiapas). Below : Sarcinanthus ulilis, with bipartite leaves. Further up : Araceae. Highest 

 of all : epiphytic shrnbs are visible near leaves of Araceae. Around the stem, the cord-like 

 aerial roots of Araceae on the branches of the tree. From .1 photograph by G. Karsten. 



