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Shows this type at a wood station just beyond [Micatti]. Here it became light enough to see a tree grassland with fine 1 meter or less prairie like grassland - Crotalaria taking place of Psoralea. Grasses of reddish or Andropogon like appearance,…

Shows this type at a wood station just beyond [Micatti]. Here it became light enough to see a tree grassland with fine 1 meter or less prairie like grassland - Crotalaria taking place of Psoralea. Grasses of reddish or Andropogon like appearance,…

Shows this type at a wood station just beyond [Micatti]. Here it became light enough to see a tree grassland with fine 1 meter or less prairie like grassland - Crotalaria taking place of Psoralea. Grasses of reddish or Andropogon like appearance,…

The escarpment from Saranda. First a small Chaetochloa like water grass area. Baobab (full of green fruit), acacia, and brush forest on top. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Saranda - depot shows yellow ndjindji tree - and a euphorbia hedge around the bldg. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

The escarpment from Saranda. First a small Chaetochloa like water grass area. Baobab (full of green fruit), acacia, and brush forest on top. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

The escarpment from Saranda. First a small Chaetochloa like water grass area. Baobab (full of green fruit), acacia, and brush forest on top. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Out over forest of Combretum, Burkea, Acacia, Brachystegia, Euphorbia and Baobab. Almost dry forest - or thorn forest or thorn grassland. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

[View] of train from above - showing engine loading wood etc. etc., traffic man looking out of bag[gage] car. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

From a rock at top of escarpment, at different angle. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

From a rock at top of escarpment, at different angle. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

From a rock at top of escarpment. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

... a last attempt at photo of this chaparral. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Over flat to bush or chaparral in back - a last attempt at photo of this chaparral. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Out over the top - at [kilometer] 595 or just before. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Photo across corn to buildings and church in back. Missionary Adiska (?) an American. Here there were a fine lot of Indian cattle. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Shows water tanks & Ricinus behind where seed of [specimen] 922 was secured. They are similar to others. Here granite for ballast is secured, apparently much of country underlaid with rock. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Shows depot and parking. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

An acacia flat - all with big black spines but rather short grass. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Looking ahead at side of the track, brush at the left thick and impenetrable. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]