Botanical features of the Algerian Sahara

by William Austin Cannon

Fig. 50. Detail of suckering habit of Ephedra alenda, from habitat shown in figure 49.

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Fig. 51. Vegetation, mainly Ephedra and Retama, of the western edge of the Chott Mellala.

Fig. 52. Approach to western edge of the Chott Mellala, showing characteristic rounded hills, or mamelons.

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Fig. 53. View between the Ouargla plain and the Chott Mellala, showing characteristic appearance of eroded hills.