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on mica schist (Dinter) ; Okongawa Mt., on quartz soil (Dinter). 

 Namaqualand : Kuibis, in cultivated ground, Range, 843, 968. 

 A useless annual, which is injurious to wool. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Throughout the warm regions of both 

 hemispheres. 



Var. Berteronianus (Schult), Hack. 



Damaraland : characteristic flora of mica schists of Okahandja 

 (Dinter). 



Good cattle fodder. 



ii. PEROTIS, F.C. 575; F.T.A. 19. 



1. P. latifolia, Ait. F.C. loc. tit. 



Damaraland : In Omaheke formation of Otjitjika, Dinter, 2318 ! 

 2865 ! ; Gaube in Omaheke formation, Dinter, 2432 ! ; Waterberg 

 plateau, Dinter, 584. 



Good cattle fodder. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Tropics of the Old World. 



iii. MONELYTRUM, F.T.A. 19. 



1. M. Luderitzianum, Hack, in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 30, 

 140 (1889). 



Damaraland : Namutoni, in low brackish swamps, Dinter, 2292 ! ; 

 in Aristida-steppe near Quartel at Klein Windhuk, Dinter, 2174 ! ; 

 Awas Mts. pass between Haris and Aub, Pearson, 9673 ; 12 km. E. of 

 Windhuk, on quartzite, Pearson, 9791 ; Luderitz, 40. Namib : 

 Kaoko, N. of Walfish Bay to Cunene (Schinz) in Verhandl., loc. tit. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Angola, Pearson. 



SPOROBOLEAE. 

 i. SPOROBOLUS, F.C. 578; F.T.A. 19. 



1. S. barbata. 



Damaraland : in Kamelbaumbusch on stiff loam at Ovikokorero 

 (Dinter). 



2. S. densissimus, Pilo. in Engl. Jahrb. xliii, 91 (1909). 

 Damaraland : Okahandja and Barmen, in fine sand, Dinter, 546 ! 



3. S. Engleri, Pilg. in Engl. Jahrb. 51, p. 413. 



Namaqualand : in large shallow pools on Karroo-slate plateau at 

 Harebis (Dinter} ; in salty Buschsteppe at Harebis, 40 km. S.W. of 

 Mariental, 1220 m., Engler, 6591 ! ; Kamelboom, March, Dinter, 2070 ! 



