. A montane rain-forest; a contribution to the physiological plant geography of Jamaica. Plant ecology; Botany. 14 A MONTANE EAIN-FOREST, evaporation. Table 6 gives the monthly means of rainfall for these three localities, those for Cinchona being based on records for thirty- nine years (1871 to 1909 inclusive); those for New Haven Gap on fourteen years (1882 to 1895, with twenty-four single months missing); those for Blue Mountain Peak on nineteen years (1890 to 1898,'^with nine months missing): The data for the three mountain stations show an abundant rain- fall at all seasons, but a fall wh
. A montane rain-forest; a contribution to the physiological plant geography of Jamaica. Plant ecology; Botany. 14 A MONTANE EAIN-FOREST, evaporation. Table 6 gives the monthly means of rainfall for these three localities, those for Cinchona being based on records for thirty- nine years (1871 to 1909 inclusive); those for New Haven Gap on fourteen years (1882 to 1895, with twenty-four single months missing); those for Blue Mountain Peak on nineteen years (1890 to 1898,'^with nine months missing): The data for the three mountain stations show an abundant rain- fall at all seasons, but a fall which is not great as compared with such localities as Colon, Panama ( inches), Kamerun ( Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Aug. Sept. Oct Nov. Dec. TEMPERATURE 61 â 60 â HUMIDITY 84 82 18 NUMBER OF 16 iRAINY DAYS 14 12- 10 WIND. Fig. 1.â^Annual curves of monthly means of principal elements of the climate at Cinchona. inches). Sierra Leone (124 inches), and Ratnapura, Ceylon ( inches). There is a pronouncedly heavier fall in May and in the late autumn and early winter months, whereas the lightest falls of the midsummer are seldom low enough to cause serious damage to other than the most hygrophilous vegetation. At Cinchona the annual maximum is reached in October, the minimum in February; at New Haven Gap the maximum is in December, the minimum in March; at Blue Mountain Peak they are in November and March respectively. There is an extreme degree of variability in the rainfall from year to year. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950. Washington, D. C. , Carnegie Institution of Washington
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