(iiAP. V] TROPICAL DISTRICTS WITH I3RY SEASONS 3,57 



Tlic. woodland of tlic coast of I-Iast Africa is niaiul\- xcrophilous. and 

 assumes tlic fonn soiiictimcs of savannali-forcst. at other times of thorn- 

 forest and tliorn-bush. naturally with several transitional forms. The less 

 extensive tracts of tall-stemmed forest (iMgs. 191 and J 92) may possibly 

 be classified as monsoon-forest, in harmony with the sharp division of the 



KiG. 191. Part of a forest in the coast region of German East Africa. From a photograph. 



'ear into rainy and dry seasons, but accurate accounts are wanting, as are 

 .Iso data regarding the condition of the foliage at different seasons of the 

 ■ear. 



'No type of formation.' savs Engler, 'is so richly developed in Africa as that 

 •f the •'■bush-woodland.'" According to his account, this formation belongs to 

 Aat I have designated thorn-forest, with shrubs frequently predominating, and 



