PLATE A
OUTLINE MAP
OF
ALGERIA
SHOWING MAIN FEATURES OF SURFACE DRAINAGE
Compiled by G. Sykes, Esq. F. R. G. S.
PLATE 1
Fig. 1. View of the Oasis of Laghouat
Fig. 2. Wood market at Laghouat. Juniper, oak, pine, and otherkinds of wood, each bunch a camel load, exposed for sale.
Fig. 3. Wood market at Laghouat. Roots of Zizyphus, branches ofjuniper and pine, and pine bark. The latter is said to be used forstaining.
BOTANICAL FEATURES
OF THE
ALGERIAN SAHARA
BY
WILLIAM AUSTIN CANNON
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Published by the CarnegieInstitution of Washington
1913
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OFWASHINGTON
Publication No. 178
PRESS OFJ.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
[iii]CONTENTS.
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Geographical Characteristics of Algeria | 2 | |
| Climate of Algeria | 6 | |
| Some Characteristics of the Vegetation of theTell | 15 | |
| The Forests of Algeria | 18 | |
| The High Plateau | 20 | |
| Boghari to Laghouat | 20 | |
| Djelfa to Laghouat | 22 | |