-») Masai-Nyika 



bushes and shrubs of various kinds spring up amidst the 

 grass which, after the rainy season, grows as high as a 

 man ; and there is often an undergrowth of thorny plants 

 of all kinds. 



Many kinds of euphorbias give the whole a tropical 

 aspect. 



P)Ut shrul^s and thorn-bushes of rare kinds — grey-green 



A BIT OF THli SUCCULENT VELT W 11 H ft KI-\ .IL .[\TH A MALVIFOLIA 

 — GREAT HEAVY BOULDERS UPON WHICH WILD GROWTHS SPRING 

 Ul' IN THE RAINY SEASON 



clumps many feet across, seemingly lying loose on the 

 ground — go to form another style of velt vegetation. 

 During the rainy season they shoot out prickles and 

 creepers, whilst during the drought they appear 

 absolutely dead. 



A certain group of plants called succulents, peculiarly 

 adapted to the climate of the velt, which live through 



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