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xvii. THEMEDA, F.C. 367 ; F.T.A. 12. 



1. T. triandra, Forsk. F.C. 367 ; F.T.A. 416. 



Var. Burchelli. 



Ovamboland : Cunene banks, Barnard, 12 ! Namaqualand : 

 Eastern Karasberg, sandstone on summit Narudas Siid, Pearson, 

 8224 ! 



One of the commonest grasses of the drier regions of Africa, forming 

 extensive associations. It is the " Eooi " grass of S. Africa and, like 

 its Australian representatives, Themeda australis, Stapf (Anthistiria 

 australis, R. Br.), is a most valuable fodder grass (see Trans. Agric. 

 Journ. iii, 287). 



PANICS AE. 

 i. DIGITARIA, F.C. 313; F.T.A. 13. 



1. D. eriantha, Steud. F.C. 375 ; F.T.A. 429. 



Ovamboland : Ondonga to Namakunde, Barnard, 14 ! ; Bushveld, 

 Omusere to Ondonga, Barnard, 16487, in S.A.M.H. ; Cunene banks, 

 Barnard, 15 !; Onambeke, grass steppes, Barnard, 16 ! Namaqua- 

 land : Khubgarub, 1500 m., Range, 240 ! ; Schakalskuppe, 1000 m., 

 Range, 92 ! ; A. 38 ! ; Kuibis quartz rocks, 1400 m., Range, 651 ! ; 

 Kuibis quartzite, 1330 m., Range, 853 ! ; Kamms River side, 1450 m., 

 Range, 901 b ! Central Karasberg: Krai Kluft, Pearson, 8516!; 

 sand near base of kopje, 15 miles south-east of Grundoorn, Pearson, 

 4556 ! ; rock crevices in kopje between Dabaigabis and Grundoorn, 

 Pearson. 3168 ! ; stony bed of Akam River, Pearson, 4763 ! 



Common throughout the eastern half of South Africa, rare in the 

 west. A useful fodder for cattle. 



2. D. marginata, Link. F.T.A. 439. 



Namaqualand : Kuibis, in cultivated land, 1300 m., Range, 964 ! 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Throughout the warmer parts of the New 

 and the Old World, but apparently very rare in tropical Africa. 



ii. ERIOCHLOA, F.T.A. 14. 



1. E. acrotricha, Hack. F.T.A. 499. 



Damaraland : Okahandja (Dinter) ; Nagels Farm, Dinter, 3395 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, Nile Land, 

 Mozambique District ; also in tropical Arabia and occasionally in 

 India. 



