Abstract
THE large district of Katanga forms the south-eastern corner of that part of Africa which is now under Belgian rule. It is governed by the Comite Special du Katanga, under the auspices of which this account of the vegetation of the country has been prepared and published. Four districts are recognised in considering the flora, namely, the Kasai, the middle Katanga or Upper Congo, the district of the great lakes, or the Tanganyika region, which forms the eastern limit, and the Upper Katanga district. A sketch is given of the botanical geography of the two last-mentioned districts; and Dr. de Wildeman dissents from Scott Elliot's view that the Tanganyika basin forms botanic-ally merely a part of the great western Congo-Niger area, but regards it as an area with very special characters.
Contribution à l'Étude de la Flore du Katangar.
Par E. de Wildeman. (Comité Spécial du Katanga). Pp. viii + cxliv + 264. (Bruxelles: D. Reynaert, 1921.) n.p.
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Contribution à l'Étude de la Flore du Katangar . Nature 109, 548 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109548c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109548c0