THE DIRECT EFFECTS OF RAINFALL ON HYGROPHILOUS VEGETATION.

The article discusses the impact of rainfall on hygrophilous vegetation. It highlights the climatic conditions and vegetation of the rain-forest of Jamaica that receives a well-distributed rainfall which increases from 266.7 centimeters at the lower altitudes to 426.7 centimeters at the highest summits. It says that the liberal rainfall contributes to the making of an extremely hygrophilous environment. In addition, rainfall provides wetness of the foliage of the herbaceous and shrubby vegetation of the forest interior, which is believed to be the reason of the occurrence of dripping points, velvet surfaces, epiphyllae and hydathodes.