Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
. ... , 4 . K _ n _u .Up amount collected is meantime small. The valuable 
Rubber abounds, both Landolphia Kirkii and Mascarenhasia elastica be,ng £^<£ 1 * the Raraga Forest ; Magundo (Milicia) is seldom absent and 
imbilo timber (P.erocarpus, is present everywhere, though of special and pangira are abundant ; Brachystegia, Park, a, Bauh.ma and Cordyla are 
oftefof enormous sire; severs, hardwoods^ Lg ago) are scattered throughout the forests m ivhat now appears 
common and of considerable size, while the Tamarind ai ° k) a nd Bombax are rapidly talcing similar positions. 
indiSen 0 “SE^l=-^ t:-!- UmLla are co„,mon and of timber value, while Combretum and Termtnalta spectes are a so va ua e 
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Sclerocarya is its fre q ue„t companion ; the Orange is not uncommon where a kraa, has at some tune 
existed, and lentils (Ervum lens) in a semi-naturalised c«*tu» N*"™* such ^ (he Raraga and the Lecung0 contain very fine material in enormous quantity; the 
The forest varies much in density ; the valleys «, 2Q metres hej ht _ equal | y space d at about 7 metres distance. This latter material is the 
higher ground is of lighter material, say a yi- to 3 decametres d * undergrowth and no dead material standing or lying about; presumably 
product of light sandy soil, and would never grow are proof against white ants and have remained intact m buddings for many 
■» 7 «re Eorests, which extend north of Mopea and along 
The Companhia de Zambesia (Manager, Capt. . S. Mumsh) . p S P ; Marral Forests nearer Quelimane and building boats, lighters, &c. ; the Boror 
the Shire River ; the Luaba Co. (Manager, Senhor Bon S™-) ,s orkmg ,n as als0 the Madal Co. (Manager, Sr. Bouvay). 
Co. (Manager, Count Stuck!) utilises the timber it clears for plantation *0 , d stiu wait!ng the advent of the lumberman. 
Taking this region as a whole, there are many thousands of: square 1 aides of : ^ ' nd conlt for the most part of forest similar to that in Quelimane, but in 
The districts of Tete and Mozambique add considerably to the n ““ b ^ ° North ^ n district| WO rked by the Companhia do Nyassa, extending as it does from 
the tidal mud near the coast the amount of workable mangrove is considera yg ‘ q lho$e aJ the Rovuma River on the northern boundary are well known. 
the Indian Ocean ,0 Lake Nyassa, naturally introduces many add t onal spe , ^ sesame caou and chou c (Ficus and Euphorbiaceae), copal, gum, ebony, cocoa- 
5U8ar ’ P1 “ ent0 ' ricinus (castoroil) ’ lobacco ’ coffee ’ cloves (=cravo) ' ba as 
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which is included here in regard to the species concerned. 
