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A photograph of grassland that shows the grasses, largely composed of Themeda, the coarse herbs largely Bampinia, and some scattered trees in the background.

Grassland below Ft. Hall. [Shantz travel journal, June 1, 1920]

Shows detail in this portion of the grassland. Themeda & timothy like portion of [it] with Andropogon and an acacia of buckthorn like type. Off toward Archer's Post at about 4:00 A.M. Drove through the heavy forest - at a comparatively few miles…

Tricholaena rosea. [Shantz travel journal, May 6, 1920]

On an old breaking - Tricholaena rosea almost the only grass - a beautiful field of it. [Shantz travel journal, May 6, 1920]

On an old breaking - Tricholaena rosea almost the only grass - a beautiful field of it. [Shantz travel journal, May 6, 1920]

Grassland (Themeda), cotton soil (never grow cotton in this), with old native in back (Kikuyu). [Shantz travel journal, May 2, 1920]

Shows type of grassland with ant hills and trees, Themeda, red bean, Combretum and the vigna like bean with the huge roots. [Shantz travel journal, May 2, 1920]

Kilimandjaro stands out wonderfully at the left. [sketch of two peaks with snow caps] An attempt with the ray filter, shows trees and brush in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 20, 1920]

Grassland & hartebeest, zebra in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]

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

Corn & m'tama in back, trees and grass. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]

Stipa grassland. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 27, 1920; note: caption in journal appears to be reversed with that of following image, substituted accordingly here]

Eleusine, about the only small grain cultivated here, is n'muru in Kirundi or bulaze in Kiswahili. A Cynodon like grassy plant. Photo in shade. Used as food - pounded and I suppose used as any other grain. More detailed [view]. [Shantz travel…

Eleusine, about the only small grain cultivated here, is n'muru in Kirundi or bulaze in Kiswahili. A Cynodon like grassy plant. Photo in shade. Used as food - pounded and I suppose used as any other grain. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]

Grass herb. 739 in fore with a coarse Andropogon and shrubby like legumes etc. lower down. A small stream with native trail up hill in the back. Bananas on the hill at the top, fairly typical. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]

A path at the right - Vernonia, Clematis and Herb. 739 in the fore. Bananas, manihot, peanuts, sweet potatoes, corn and trees & corn and bees. (Both are kept in the trees, the former with the husk on and the latter in a fiber or bamboo hive.) In…

The small Andropogon like (Stipa), a typical patch on top of the hill. 15 inches high. Chosen by son of Binga as one of best grasses for cattle. This grass should be tried in cool high mountain country of Arizona, N. Mex., and Oregon and Wash. …

Shows grass, a type abundant along paths - habit much as blue grass. And a tall Sporobolus like grass. Corn, native cottages in trees at back. Under chief Rusoka - a rather ... type. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 16, 1920]