406 Annals of the South African Museum. 



between Gamis and Bullsport in river bed of Upper Fish River, 

 Pearson, 8940 ! ; on hills behind Gamis farmhouse, among rocks, 

 Pearson, 8973 ! ; above Ababis in bed of Tsondab River, Pearson, 

 9182 ! ; Western and Central Karasberg, rough quartz-strewn slopes 

 200 ft. above Wasserfall Alt, and in dry sandy watercourse on slopes 

 between Wasserfall Alt and Dassiefontein, Pearson, 7755 ! ; broad dry 

 sandy watercourse between Kraai Kluft and Wasserfall, Pearson, 

 8500 ! ; sandy slope near Kraai Kluft, Pearson, 8499 ! 



Distributed throughout stony and sandy places ; abundant in large 

 masses ; good fodder for all animals. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Central and Kalahari Regions. 



Var. Neesii, Walp., Annal bot. i (1852), p. 750. 



Namaqualand : Llideritzhafen, Schinz, 662. Ovamboland: Oshando, 

 abundant in valleys, Schinz, 661. 



35. A. vestita, Thbg. F.C. 561. 



Namaqualand : Kuibis, quartzite, 1350 m., Jan., Range, 891 ! ; 

 Bethany, black sand at Kunab, 1300 m., April, Range, 1013 ! ; 

 S. of Kuibib, April, Range, 271 ! ; Grundoorn, Pearson, 4554 ; 

 Dabaigabis, Pearson, 4406 ; Alewijnsfontein, Pearson, 3487. 



Good fodder grass. 



Var. diffusa, Walp. Hereroland : Nels ; " material incomplete, 

 and determination insufficient." 



36. A species very near Burkei, Stapf. F.C. 557. 



ii. STIPA. 



1. S. namaquensis, Pilg. in Engl. Jahrb. li, 412 (1914). 

 Namaqualand : Keetmanshoop, in white sand, Di/nter, 2602. 



2. S. parvula, Nees. F.C. 573. 



Namaqualand : Near Haikamchab, April, Marloth, 1202. 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Colony. 



ZOYSIEAE. 



i. TRAGUS, F.C. 576 ; F.T.A. 18. 



1. T. pedunculatus, Pilg. in Engl. Jahrb. xlv, 208 (1910). 

 Damaraland : Grootfontein, Dinter, 689. 



2. T. raeemosus, All. F.C. 577. 



Ovamboland : Mafa, Barnard, 16457. Damaraland : Gross 

 Barmen (Heering and Grimme) ; Okahandja, in dry river beds and 



