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UPPER SAVANA DISTRICT. 



they appear, seem to be very great in all the East Indian islands, but they prefer 

 the lower forests, and are little seen in the higher mountain regions. In the 

 district here represented scandent grasses begin to be prominent instead of them, 

 certainly a strange form of creepers (9 n ; 14 p), which exercise an influence on 

 the physiognomy of the forest. The highest trees are overhung with rich curtains 

 of this highly elegant plant, the leaf of which reminds us of Bambusa arundi- 

 nacea, and contrasts favourably with the beautiful as well as diversified foliage of 

 the forests. Another plant characteristic of these upper Savana bushes is a 



palm, probably belonging to the genus Caryota ^9 which in its pinnated 



leaves resembles a tree-fern, from which, however, it differs in its robust mode of 

 growth, and tall slender trunk. 



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