ABSTRACT
In Chap. X III. reference has been made to the interest of the Alpine flora of Equatorial Africa, in its bearing on the problems of plant distribution, and the past climatic history of that region. The floras of the coast-lands and of the interior
plateau are less important in this respect than that of the meadows beside the glaciers and around the snow-fields of the higher peaks ; nevertheless they yield interesting evidence as to the factors that govern distribution, and striking examples of the adaptation of plants to conditions of rainfall, soil, and climate.
