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of the Karoo reminded me of our own arid regions of the West. The 

 grotesque baobab tree with its great trunk all out of proportion to the 

 branches was photographed by everyone who had a camera. 



Altogether the trip was noteworthy because of the opportunity to 

 meet the South African botanists, to renew acquaintance with the 

 British botanists, to gain first-hand information concerning the floristic 

 conditions of another continent, and to obtain a fine collection of 

 grasses for the National Herbarium. 



