-* 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. 



But shrubs and thorn-bushes of rare kinds grey-green 



THK SUCCTI.KNT VELT WITH /TA'A.Y. 1C. I. \Tlf.-l MAL I'll-OllA 



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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