NO. 6 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I92O 



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At Dar es Salam, a broad strip of coast is given over largely to the 

 cultivation of the coconut palm, although the streets are often lined 

 with wild figs, Dclonix regia, and Terminalia catappa. Zanzibar is 

 given very largely to the cultivation of cloves, and here are also grown 

 many tropical fruits, and there is a small but exceedingly interesting 

 botanical garden. Tanga is somewhat similar to Dar es Salam in 

 vegetation. 



Fig. 48. — Bank of the Victoria Nile at Masindi Port in Uganda. A luxuriant 

 growth of papyrus, water-lilies, morning glories and other water plants. Much of 

 Lake Kioga is covered with this type of vegetation. 



While the vegetation of the north shore of Lake Victoria is rich 

 and varied and reminds one of that seen in the Congo and on Lake 

 Tanganyika, the outstanding features in Uganda are the areas of 

 elephant grass, Pcnnisctum pur pur cum, and the immense tracts of 

 bananas which extend for miles and miles, for bananas are relatively 

 as important to Uganda as corn is to Illinois. 



There are several small tropical forests in Uganda, and at Entebbe 

 an unusually interesting botanical garden. The flame of the forest 

 {Spathodea), a prominent tree through much of tropical Africa, the 



