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older growth situated to the north of the village where a new 

 species of Afzclia was also found. This species appears to be 

 very rare, and with the exception of those seen near this village I 

 have only coine across it on one other occasion, and that was in the 

 forests near the railway station of Imbrahini. The presence of 

 the Albizzia mentioned above is an indication of drier conditions, 

 and it is not more than a long day's journey north from here be- 

 fore one conies to a distinctly dry belt of vegetation that stretches 

 right across the country from the Tano River to the railway line. 

 This belt is, however, not quite dry enough to be occupied by the 

 semi-evergreen or mixed deciduous forests. Nevertheless, it con- 

 tains a much larger proportion of species with the deciduous habit 

 than the true moist evergreen tropical forests, and can be recog- 

 nised without difficulty. It is an intermediate type, and bridges 

 the gap between the two extremes. 



To the east of N'kwansia a good many of the lower valleys have 

 been cleared of vegetation for farming purposes, but extensive 

 tracts of forest remain intact. These were examined in detail, 

 and flowering and fruiting specimens of some of the more impor- 

 tant species were obtained. Kliayas and Pseudoccdrelas were fre- 

 quently met Avith in this direction, and we were told that they are 

 more plentiful still further to the east. The usual species charac- 

 teristic of the moist forests are found about here. The Odoum is 

 plentiful on this side, and so is the Baku. The rarer species seen 

 are the Eku (Bombay Ituonopozense) and Funtumia africana. 



The heart-wood of a< Pebedum (Lovoa Klaineana) that we 

 felled was found to be very similar to that of the East Indian teak 

 (Tectona grandis}. Samples were kept for further examination. 

 The timber of this species has been exported to Europe from Axini, 

 and, according to Mr. Mensa's local representative, has sold well. 



The trees along the banks of the Ankobra are in places densely 

 covered with the rubber- vine, Landolphia owariensis. 



The Forests betiveen the Ankobra River and its Feeder the 



Sibiri Stream. 



In traversing the country situated between these two streams in 

 an east to west direction, one first reaches an old bed of the 

 Ankobra River, and then the broken ground forming one of the 

 higher valleys of that stream. The whole of this tract of ground 

 is covered with a dense tangled mass of vegetation consisting 

 mainly of Apocynaceous climbers, amongst which Landolphia 

 owariensis, Carpodinus liirsuta, species of Clitandra and of Stru- 

 phanth us are to be seen. Standing up out of all this dense under- 

 growth arc irregularly distributed groups of such trees as species 

 ofCynometra; the silk-cotton tree ; the KitiJiia; the Waw-icaw; the 

 Offram, and the Emril. The ground itself is literally riddled 

 with native diggings (for gold), and the older river gravels are 

 thus exposed in many places. The undergrowth about here is so 

 dense that machets have to be used freely to enable one to get 

 about, and the carriers were continually 'losing their direction. 

 After about an hour's journey through this type of country, one 



