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2. U. pullulans, Stapf. F.T.A. 590. 

 Damaraland : Namutoni, Barnard, 16518 ! 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Port. E. Africa, Nyasaland. 



3. U. brachyura, Stapf. F.T.A. 592. 



Ovamboland : Onolongo, Barnard, 21 ! ; Olukonda, Schinz, 638. 



4. U. bulbodes, Stapf. F.T.A. 593. 

 Ovamboland : Mafa, Barnard, 20 ! 



Excellent fodder for cattle, according to Welwitsch. 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Abyssinia, Angola, Belgian Congo, 

 N. and S. Rhodesia. 



vii. ECHINOCHLOA, F.T.A. 15. 



1. E. Holubii, Stapf. F.T.A. 606 (Panicum HoluUi, Stapf in F.C. 



394). 



Damaraland : Okahandja, Dinter, 2769 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : King William's Town, Transvaal, Upper 

 Zambesi. 



2. E. pyramidalis, Hitch and Chase. F.T.A. 615. 



Ovamboland : Mafa, Barnard, 16483 ! ; Cunene banks, Barnard. 

 23 ! Damaraland : in pools near Otavifontein (Dinter) ; Otjihangwe 

 (Dinter). 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Upper and Lower Guinea, Nyasaland, 

 Rhodesia. 



E. pyramidalis, together with E. stagnina, are the chief constituents 

 of the great water meadows of the inundation region of the Niger and 

 of Lake Chad, and also enter largely into the " sudd " of the Nile and 

 other African rivers. According to Chevalier the grains are used as 

 food in Bornu (vulg. Kreb or Kasha), and in Senegambia, the French 

 Sudan (vulg. Linguii). Barter states that in Nupe ; ' an impure 

 salt or carbonate of soda is made by burning this grass, used for 

 culinary purposes when salt is not to be procured," and Lecard 

 describes it as an excellent fodder grass, much relished by animals. 

 See F.T.A. 615. 



3. E. stagnina, Beauv. F.T.A. 617. 



Ovamboland : Cunene banks, in water, Barnard, 24 ! ; Ukulonkathi, 

 Barnard, 25 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Upper and Lower Guinea, Nile Land, 

 Rhodesia, Portuguese East Africa. See above. 



