534 THE VEGETABLE WORLD. 
is the Corypha—Palms which rise in their native climate to the 
height of a hundred feet. On the left is the Arenga saccharifera 
and a group of Bamboos. Towards the centre, but still on the 
left, and near the trunk of a great Sandal-wood-tree, the Sinapus, 
surmounted by the Sago-tree (Raphis flabilliformis). In the 
middle distance is the Areca Palm, its stem intertwined and sur- 
rounded by embracing Lianes. On the right is the Palm Bo- 
~ passes ; close by is the Banana; both in the shade of a large 
Mango-tree, the Cinnamon Laurel. All this group is backed by a 
lofty Cocoa-nut tree. 
The vegetables cultivated in the background are—the Pepper- 
tree (Piper), the Camphor-tree (Cinnamomum camphora), behind 
the Cocoa-nut-tree, and in the distance the Nutmeg and the 
Pepper-tree, near a row of Bamboos and Rotangs. 
AFRICA. 
Africa, like Asia, presents three very distinct divisions :—Ist. 
Northern Africa, which comprehends the Mediterranean and Sahara 
region; 2nd. Central Africa, which is tropical ; 3rd. South Africa, 
which includes the Cape of Good Hope. ‘ 
The Mediterranean region, by which we mean the African littoral 
bathed by the Mediterranean, includes Algeria from the southern 
slopes of the Atlas to the sea, and the countries washed by the 
Delta of the Nile. This part of Africa presents, in many respects, 
a vegetation analogous to that of South Europe. By its close 
affinity with the corresponding European countries, Algeria would 
seem to be a natural centre of colonisation, the region of cultiva- 
tion, its rich produce in cereals making it a granary of abundance 
to European countries. In the mountain region of North Africa 
all the plants of Central Europe may be cultivated with advantage. ° 
The Vine prospers in the neighbourhood of Tlemcen, Milianah, 
Mascare, and Medeah, where the colonists and even the natives 
have undertaken its cultivation. The Olive, so generally spread 
over North Africa, constitutes one of their chief sources of wealth 
to the Kabyle tribes. The Cork-tree forms immense forests in the 
interiors of the mountain region of the littoral: in the province 
of Constantine, gathering in the bark of the Cork-tree has become 
