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viii. PANICUM, F.C. 313 ; F.T.A. 15. 



1. P. coloratura, Linn. F.C. 409 ; F.T.A. 713. 



Ovamboland : Cunene banks, Barnard, 26 ! ; Onolongo and 

 Onambeke grass-steppes, Barnard, 27 ! 28 ! Damaraland : Sand- 

 fontein, Wilman \ ; Namutoni to Otjikito, Barnard, 16497 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. : Upper Guinea, Mozambique District, 

 Nile Land. 



2. P. maximum, Jacq. F.C. 404 ; F.T.A. 655. 



Ovamboland : Mafa, Barnard, 30 ! Namaqualand : Central and 

 Eastern Karasberg, ravines at base of Scharfenstein, and at Narudas 

 Slid, Pearson, 8517 ! 



Very rich in nutritive qualities, and has the reputation of being one 

 of the best fodder grasses of the tropics, where it is commonly 

 cultivated. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Throughout N. and S. Africa, Madagascar, 

 the Mascarenes, and in Yemen. Introduced and widely spread in 

 India and America. 



3. P. minus, Stapf, var. plantifolium, Stapf. F.C. 410. 

 Damaraland : Sandfontein, Bleek, 16475 ! Namaqualand : Kuibis 



on quartzite, 1350 m., flowering Feb., Range, 859 ! 1645 ! ; Kunab, on 

 back sand, April, Range, 1014 ! ; Central and Eastern Karasberg, 

 granite in ravine base of Scharfenstein, Pearson, 8520 ! ; granite, 

 lower slopes Narudas Siid, Pearson, 8521 ! ; Warmbad, Pearson, 

 4031 ! ; Omusema, on granite, Dinter, 3344 ! 



One of the most valuable forage grasses for moist land of laagtes, 

 yielding a heavy crop of good forage hay. 



Common on old lands, and one of the two grasses sold (in Transvaal) 

 for sweet grass hay. 



4. P. numidianum, Lam. Encycl. i (1791), 172. Dur. et Schinz, 



Consp. v, 757. 



Namaqualand : Homeib, Schinz, 637. Hereroland : Luderitz, 70. 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Colony and North Africa, introduced 

 from Brazil. 



5. P. Pearsoni, Bol.f. Ann. Bol. Herb, i, 107 (1905). 



Great Namaqualand : Central Karasberg, sandstone plateau on 

 summit of Long Hill, east of Krai Kluft, Pearson, 8518 ! 



6. P. repens, Linn. F.C. 409 ; F.T.A. 708. 



Damaraland : Otavifontein (l?eenw<7) ; Swakop Eiver mouth, Galpin 



