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ix. DICHANTIUM, F.C. 335 ; F.T.A. 11. 



1. D. annulatum, Stapf. F.C. 350; F.T.A. 178 (Andropogon 



annulatus, Forsk, Fl. Aegypt. Arab., 173). 



Namaqualand : Kuibis River, Range, 369 ; Ganaams, among rocks 

 in Leber River, Pearson, 9370 ; A was Mts., in pass between Haris and 

 Aub, Pearson, 9601. In Aristida-steppe near Quartel (Dinter) ; near 

 Leber River (Dinter). 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : From Morocco through N. Africa, the 

 Orient, and India to China and Australia. Considered good fodder 

 in India. 



2. D. papillosum, Stapf. F.T.A. 179 (Andropogon papillosus, Hochst. 



ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii, 457). 



Namaqualand: Kuibis River ( Range) ! Damaraland: Gobabis, 

 Dinter, 2777 ! flowering in February. Otavifontein, Heering and 

 Grimme ; Otjikuaro-Okaharui, Dinter, 3286 ! Used as fodder. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : French Guinea, Cameroons, Sudan, 

 Belgian Congo, Angola, Zanzibar. Also in tropical America from 

 Mexico to Brazil. 



x. EREMOPOGON, F.T.A. 11. 



1. E. foveolatus, Stapf. F.T.A. 183 (Andropogon foveolatus, Del. Fl. 

 Egypte, 16, t. 8, fig. 2). 



Damaraland : Omaheke of Otjitjikabergkette (Dinter). 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Verde Islands, Nubia ; also in the 

 Canaries, and from Egypt and tropical Arabia to India, where it is 

 considered good fodder. 



xi. SCHIZACHYRIUM, F.C. 334 ; F.T.A. 11. 



1. S. Engleri, Pilg. in Engl. Jahrb. liv, 281 (1917). 



Damaraland : Otjitjika, 35 km. from Grootfontein in Omahake 

 formation, 1500 m., Engler, 6314A (Dinter). 



2. S. Jeffreys!!, Stapf. F.T.A. 198 (Andropogon Jeffreijsii, Hack, in 



Proc. Rhod. Sclent. Assoc. vii, ii (1908), 70). 

 Ovamboland : Cunene ; Namakunde, Barnard, 2 ! 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Rhodesia : Matopo Hills and Bulawayo. 



3. S. tenuispicatum, Pilg. in Engl. Jahrb. liv, 282 (1917). 

 Damaraland : Grootfontein, Dinter, 2840. 



