tho forest show large cavities in the center. There are very few 
seedlings or young espave trees in the forest, and the large and. 
overmature^trees are gradually decreasing in number. When a large 
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espave tree fdils to the ground the open spade resulting in the 
upper story of the forest is immediately occupied by fast growing 
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useless varieties, sucii as the cocropias, ingas, balsa, havillo, 
membrillo, crepe, and cafb^- which goes to show that there is a 
tendency of the forest toward '^impoverishment and toward the dovel- 
opment of low useless thicket growth. In other words the forest is 
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in the process of slow decay, sad thercN^re already a number of 
smaller or larger areas within the lowland type of forest which 
appear to consist of a second growth forest of small useless spo- 
s, 
Upland Typo 
while there is a clear distinction between the character 
of the forest i^VTj-r -’ l ' Ctbeto ^oaa. lowland type and that the 
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upland, this i.e not evidenced sc ranch in the difference in the 
kinds of trees as in the difference in their occurrence, number, a 
end oises. Here the espave, ceibe, corotu, fustic, amarillc, and 
numerous others are lees plentiful, while the crepo, eccobolo. 
nuno(habillo), panama, alroacigeT^sweet cedarfcedro espinoso), etc. 
ere more abundant and often somewhat larger then the average of 
these species in the lowland forests. The rubber tree of ell 
kinds, guayavc do monte, membrillo, jobo, crativo, and numerous 
other species are equally abundant in both types of forests, is 
a rule, however, the large trees on the upper slopes and on tho 
ridges are of better timber form and it is generally believed that 
the woods grown here are better than in the lowlands, ]iew@v-e*s« r - 
•as already outlined there Is. ±s only .ebaub ten -percent of the area 
