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7437 ! ; Windh.uk, common on slopes, Pearson, 9361 ! ; Awas Mts. 

 between Arib and Windhuk, Pearson, 9648 ; Naukluft Mts. at Kabiras 

 among granite blocks, Pearson, 9062 ! ; Little Karas Mts., western 

 foothills near Holoog in sandy banks of Usib River, Pearson, 9316 ! ; 

 S. of Choaberib, on stony plains, Pearson, 9450 ! ; Lowen "River, Range, 

 438 ! ; Farm Gras, Nonikam, ace. to Heering and Grimme. 



Frequent, esp. in stony places, good fodder for all animals. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Throughout Africa, in Sicily, and east- 

 wards as far as North- West India. 



2. P. Stapfianum, Bolf. in Ann. Bol. Herb, i, 108 (1915). 

 Namaqualand : Central Karasberg, summit of Scharfenstein 



Pearson, 8556 ! 



3. P. Rangei, Mez, n. sp., in Engl. Jahrb. Ivii, p. 185. 

 Namaqualand : Lowen River, Range, 438 ! 



4. P. Foermerianum, Leeke, Zeitschr. Naturwiss. Ixxix (1907). 

 Damaraland : on granite near Okahandja (Dinter) ; Otjimbingue, 



Windhoek, Awasberg, Regenstein, Albers, 170, 363. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Mascarene Islands and South Africa. 



5. P. Thunbergii, Kunth. F.C. 436. 



Namaqualand : Keetmanshoop, Fenchel, 3. Hereroland : Luderitz, 

 50 ; Hoffner, 84. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Colony, Kalahari, and Eastern 

 Region. A promising perennial grass of wet lands. 



6. P. typhoideum, Rich. F.C. 432. 



Ovamboland : Olukonda, Schinz, 404 ; Rautanen, 47. 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cultivated very largely in Amboland and 

 tropical Africa. 



7. P. purpurascens (Schrad), Anderss. in Peters Reise n. Mosamb. 



ii (1864), p. 522 ; Dur. et Schinz, Consp. v., p. 783. 

 Namaqualand : Kuisib, Fleck, 525 ; without locality, Hoffner, 84. 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Colony, Zambesi, Natal. 



8. P. Myurus, Pad, ex Webb in Hook. Nig. Fl. (1849), p. 183 ; Dur. 



et Schinz, Consp. v, p. 781. 

 Ovamboland : Oshanclo ; Schinz, 609. 



9. P. pentastaehyum, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss., sect. I, n. 315, 



Dur. et Schinz, Consp. v, p. 782. 

 Namaqualand : Reheboth, Fleck, 25. 



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