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vi. SORGHUM, F.T.A. 104. 



1. S. bicolor, Moench, var. odoratum, Stapf. F.T.A., 127 (Andropogon 



sorghum, subsp. sativus, var. odoratus, Hack.). 

 Ovamboland : Ondonga ; Olukonda, Schinz, 22 ! 650 ! 



2. S. caffrorum, Beauv. F.T.A. 130. 

 Ovamboland : Ondonga ; Olukonda, Schinz ! 



Andropogon sorghum, vars. albidus, usorum, rubicolor, Ondongae, 

 Koern., are referable to the above. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cultivated in South Africa in several 

 races, also in Mauritius, and, under the name of Kafir, in North America. 



3. S. versicolor, J. N. Andersson. F.T.A. 138 (Andropogon serratus, 



var. versicolor, Hack.). 



Damaraland : Tsumeb, in quartz gravel, Dinter, 2500. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Nileland, Rhodesia, Mozambique Dis- 

 trict, also in the Transvaal (Rustenburg, near the Crocodile River, 

 Burtt-Davy, 9305 !). 



vii. VETIVERIA, F.T.A. 10. 



1. V. nigritana, Stapf. F.T.A. 157. 



Ovamboland : Cunene banks, Barnard, 4 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Upper Guinea, Gold Coast, Lower 

 Guinea, Angola, Rhodesia. 



viii. AMPHILOPHIS, F.C. 345 ; F.T.A. 11. 



1. A. pertusa, Stapf. F.C. 345 ; F.T.A. 175 (Andropogon pertusus, 



Willd. Sp., pi. iv, 922). 



Ovamboland : Cunene banks, Barnard, 5 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Verde Islands, Abyssinia, Zanzibar, 

 German East Africa. In Arabia, and in India from Afghanistan to 

 Ceylon and Behar. Introduced in Mauritius and Jamaica. 



A valuable fodder in India for grazing as well as for stacking ; 

 very common and characteristic in cattle compounds. 



2. A. radieans, Stapf. F.C. 344 ; F.T.A. 173 (Andropogon radicans, 



Lehm.). 



Namaqualand : Eastern Karasberg, sandstone plateau upper 

 Keiap, Pearson, 8501 ! ; sandstone on upper slopes Narudas Siid, 

 Pearson, 8179 ! Hereroland : without precise locality, Luderitz, 

 69, 74. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : British Somaliland, Brit. E. Africa, Cape 

 Colony. 



