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goes a complete change. Trees are no longer crowded ; 
they are free from creepers, and differ in character from 
those found in thick forests. Acacias, the sausage-trees, 
and the candelabra euphorbias constitute the prevailing 
The Candelabra euphorbia. 
species. The ground is usually covered with tall grass. 
The general aspect of such districts is only comparable r 
to that of a well-kept English park. Nearly everyone 
who has written on Eastern and Central Africa refers to ^ 
districts of this kind with isolated trees, or clumps of 
trees, diversified with euphorbias, as being park-like. i 
