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19. A. lanipes, Mezin Fedde Repert. xvii, p. 153. 

 Namaqualand : Kuibis (Range). 



20. A. lutescens, Trin. and Rupr. F.C. 567. 



Namaqualand : dunes S. of Obib, 400 m., Aug., Range, 587 ! ; 

 between Nauchas and Areb, on plains of granitic sand, Pearson, 9023 ! 



Var. Marlothii, Hack, in Engl. Jahrb. xi, 400. F.C. 567. 



Namaqualand : Kuibis River and sand dunes near Luderitzbucht, 

 500 111., Feb., Range, 1830. Damaraland : Walfish E&y,Marloth, 1176 ! 



21. A. Marlothii, Hack, in Engl. Jahrb. xi, 402 (1889). 

 Damaraland : in dunes near mouth, Walfish Bay, Marloth, 1039a, 



April. 



This may be a variety of A. lutescens. 



22. A. namaquensis, Trin. F.C. 566. 



Namaqualand : up to 1 metre high, very common on borders of 

 Fish River near Grab, Dinter, 2027 ! ; Kamms River side, 1450 m., 

 Jan., Range, 899 ! ; near Luderitzbucht, 770 m., Oct., Range, 1062 ! ; 

 sandy dunes W. of Aubis, 1200 m., Sept., Range, 748 ! ; east of 

 Covinberg, 500 m., Jan., Range, 181 ! ; Little Karas Mts., western 

 foothills near Holoog on sandy banks of streams, Pearson, 9745 ! ; 

 Holoog, in sandy river bed, Pearson, 9714 ! ; below Ababes, in bed of 

 Tsondab River, Pearson, 9155 ! Western and Central Karasberg : 

 dry sandy river bed on high plateau between Krai Kluft and Wasser 

 fall, Pearson, 8497 ! ; common in sandy ravines, Wasserfall, Pearson, 

 8078 ! Damaraland : Haikamchab, Galpin and Pearson, 7426 ! ; 

 Narris, ace. to Heering. Damaraland : in large aggregations on 

 white sand at Swakop (Dinter). 



A widely spread hard and tenacious fodder grass. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : South Africa, Coast, Western and 

 Kalahari Regions. 



23. A. obtusa, Del. F.C. 567. 



Namaqualand : Garub, 95 km. from Luderitzbucht, Dinter, 1056 ! ; 

 in Aristida-steppe near Quartel, Dinter, 2171 ! 2166 ! on stony soil at 

 Bullsport, Dinter, 2137 ! ; Lidfontein, Dinter, 1999 !; Maltahohe 

 (Dinter}; no locality, Range, A. 37 ! 90 ! ; Kubib, Range, 234 ! ; sandy 

 places, Garub, 900 m., Oct., Range, 523 ! ; near Wittputz, 1000 m., Aug., 

 Range, 587 ! ; dunes W. of Aubis, 1200 m., Sept., Range, 753 ! ; Namib 

 near Kausib, 400 m., Sept., Range, 1133! ; near Gibeon, Fish River, 

 sandstone, 1200m., April, Range, 1410! 1411!; sand dunes near 

 Gibeon, 1250 m., May, Range, 1422 ! ; sand dunes S. of Kalahari and 



