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White sand dunes & Tamarix and grass. Looking west ... quarantine bldgs. in back. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Tamarix dunes and Portuguese graveyard in back. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Photo of [Tamarindus indica] tree showing large trunk and spreading branches. Capt. Scobie and Mrs. Hodges. Tamarindus indica - the largest tree on the island - ripe pods sent in.... Pods vary from 1 seed to 10 or so or 1/2 to 6 inches in length.…

A photograph of 12 feet high sorghum. Homer Shantz is standing among the sorghum, touching one of the stalks.

Sansevieria very tall in fore - a small leaf orange fruited shrub in fore, cucurbits etc. in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 12, 1920]

Tall ribbed trees - look really like desert shrub overgrown - these may suffer drought - I see no other way in which these could develop as they do. [Shantz travel journal, May 15, 1920]

A photograph of tall sorghum from left to right.

A photograph of tall sorghum, left to right.

A photograph of tall sorghum, left to right.

An up-close photograph of sorghum. Height 4.09 meters high, heads 48 cm; 40 cm; 43 cm; 36 cm; 36 cm; 30 cm; 36 cm, nodes 15.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with branches are nodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Height 4.56 meters high, head 42 cm, nodes 17.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with branches from four first nodes. Height 3.25 meters high, head 45 cm, nodes 12.

An up-close photograph of sorghum. Height 4.50 meters high, head 45 cm, nodes 18.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with a large head from sixth node, small heads from two nodes and roots from seven nodes. Height 3.00 meters high, head 39 cm, nodes 16.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with four branches with heads. Height 3.67 meters high, head 42 cm, nodes 21.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with three branches. Height 2.53 meters high, head 44 cm, nodes 10.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with branches at four nodes except the two small heads. Height 4.22 meters high, head 41 cm, nodes 16.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with branches. There are heads from three uppers. Height 3.45 meters high, head 29 cm, nodes 12.

An up-close photograph of sorghum that is a stem with branches at three nodes except the first. There are roots at nine nodes at the bottom. Height 3.67 meters high, head 38 cm, nodes 22.