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eaten by the hyrax + camouflage the burrow entrances
The Alpine Climate [all underlined]:- A winter every night, a summer each day
no seasonal fluctuation
10,000' [feet] [underlined] mean 45.3 F [Fahrenheit] mean max 61.1 [degree symbol] mean min 35.1
mean daily range 26 [degree symbol] max recorded 67 [degree symbol], minimum 29 [degree symbol]
13,750' [feet] [underlined] Mean 35.3 [degree symbol] F [Fahrenheit] mean max 41.6, mean min [minimum] 25.5
mean daily range 16.1 max [maximum] recorded 51.8 [degree symbol] minimum 20 [degree symbol]
15,650' [feet] [underlined] mean 28.6 [degree symbol] mean max. 34.1 mean min. 24.9
mean daily range 9.2 [degree symbol] max recorded 41.0 min. 17.0
Change with altitude 2.1 - 3.8 [degree symbol] F [Fahrenheit]/1000 ft [feet] is close to Pearsell [date cut off when scanned]
suggested 1 [degree symbol] F [Fahrenheit]/300' [feet]
Rainfall [underlined] two relatively dry periods Jan [January] - Feb [February] + June - Sept [September]
30" [inches]/annum [year] on N. [north] 60" [inches]/annum [year] W [west] + S [south].
Cloud cover is a regular feature, may persist for days at
at time + provide 100% humidity.
Influence of altitude on growth [all underlined]:- Plants of Ranunculus [underlined], Haploscadus
+ Crassula [underlined] were taken to Nairobi. Normally south form
with sessile flowers in 10 days leaf length doubled + flower
stems rose 2" [inches] Suppression of internodes occurs.
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