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NOETH-EAST APEICA. 



The pink lotus also (^nelumbiiim speciosum^, whose flower symbolised the fertilising 

 stream, the sun, and the sun-god, no longer flourishes on the Egyptian waters. 

 On the mummies of the tombs in Upper Egypt are found floral wreaths containing 



Fig. 6. — Vegetable Zones of Apkica. 

 Scale 1 : 75,000,000. 



FWB 



Meridian of lireenwicli 



Meditei-ranean. Mazandenm. Steppes. Savannas. Tropical Forest tracts within 



tlie savai.nas 



\m EH 



Cape. Madagascar. Abyssinian Desert. 



Plateaux. 



Oasis. 



1,200 Miles. 



numerous species, such as the centaurea depressa, which have since disappeared 

 from the local flora, or at least no longer grow spontaneously. 



The zones of the African fauna are less clearly defined than those of the 

 veo-etable kingdom. Migrating more easily than the plants, the animals have 

 crossed many frontiers within which the plants have been confined by the climatic 

 conditions. Hence the same animal types prevail throughout Nigretia and the 



