IN THE ARID LANDS OF INTERIOR BRAZIL. 



This photograph shows the type of vegetation through 

 the Brazilian Expedition traveled during its explo- 

 ration of the catingas or dry lands of northeastern Brazil. 

 J| wa taken near Joazeiro, on the Rio Sao Francisco, in the 

 Anterior pf the state of Bahia. While no cacti appear in 

 |fei pi,c|ure ? several species are common in the region. 

 Curing the very brief rainy season the vegetation comes 

 j.nt,Q, active growth^ flowers, and produces seed. In the 

 $ry months which follow nearly all the plants drop their 

 and the country takes on an extremely desolate ap- 

 the plants of the catinga there are sev- 

 eral f economic interest, notably the "imbu" (Spondias 

 the golden, plum-like fruit of which plays an im- 

 dietary of the .natives: the "caro.- " 

 a fiber plant which furnishes ma- 

 for he "manufacture of ropes and baskets. Photo 

 Mo. 1436 by Dorsett ? Shame 1 and Popenoe, Brazil, Feb. 22, 

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