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" BORN TO BLUSH UNSEEN." 



nakedness of the earth is concealed by the bloom of geraniums and 

 heliotropes. Further, you may notice in the region of the table-lands, 

 the Melantha punctuata, a member of the Colchicum tribe, which 

 bears a bouquet of very white flowers grown upon the sand, and sur- 

 rounded by a crown of ensheathed leaves. Not unworthy of rejoic- 



1. Jujube Tree 



VEGETABLE LIFE nr THE DESERT. 

 2. Lentiscus. 



ing the eyes of the most fastidious connoisseurs, it lives and dies 

 unknown in the solitudes of the Sahara. 



In the hollows, where the earth preserves some degree of humi- 

 dity, a fine soft sward prevails, of the most delicious emerald green ; 

 two herbs, the Alfa (stipa tenticissima) and the White Wormwood 



