Contributions to a Knowledge of the Flora of South- West Africa. 409 



12. Sporobolus panicoides, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii, 399. 

 Damaraland : Tsumeb, Dinter, 2785 ! 3039 ! ; in quartz gravel on 



Huttenberg, Dinter, 2786! 1675, 2511; Otavi, Dinter, 618!; grain 

 used by natives in famine. 



13. S. pungens, Kunth. F.C. 587. 



Namaqualand : in muddy places near Ratford Bay, Range, 14 !; in 

 gravel near the sea at Luderitzbucht, Range, 1747 ! 1748 ! Damara- 

 land : mouth of Swakop River, sand dunes over Walfish Bay, Pearson, 

 3381 ; Gal-pin and Pearson, 7406 ; Sandfischhafen, Marloth, 1517. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : This species, in the broad sense under- 

 stood here, is found on the coasts of most warm countries. 



14. S. Rangei, Pilg. in Engl. Jahrb. xliii, 385 (1909). 

 Namaqualand : Kamms, 1200 m., Feb., Range, 470 ! ; in brackish 



soil at Enguruwau (Dinter}. 



15. S. Rehmanni, Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss, ser. II, iii, 383. 

 Damaraland : on hill near river bed, Sandfontein, Gittman, 16438 ! 



16. S. robustus, Kunth. Rev. Gram, ii, 425, t. 126. 

 Damaraland : mouth of Swakop River, Jan., Galpin and Pearson, 



7401 ! ; Welwitsch, Jan., Galpin and Pearson, 7430 ! ; mouth of 

 Swakop on sand dunes over Walfish Bay border, Pearson, 3371 ; 

 Haikamehab, Galpin and Pearson, 7429 ; in Kamelbaumbusch on 

 stiff loam at Ovikokorero (Dinter). 



17. S. Sladenianus, Bol.f. in Ann. S. Afric. Mus. ix, 236 (1915). 

 Namaqualand : Central and Eastern Karasberg : high plateau 



between Narudas Slid and Krai Kluft, Pearson, 8103 ! ; sandy plains 

 near Schakalskuppe, Pearson, 4779. 



18. S. spicatus, Kunth. Rev. Gram, i, 67. 



Ovamboland : Onolongo grass-steppe, Barnard, 44 ! Damaraland : 

 in brackish soil at Enguruwau and Namutoni, Dinter, 3392 ! ; in 

 halophyte vegetation, limestone pan at Otjindaura, near Okahandja 

 (Dinter). 



Insufficiently known species : S. glaucus ? S. salsus ? S. Seineii ? 

 (Dinter). 



ERAGROSTEAE. 

 i. POGONARTHRIA, F.C. 589 ; F.T.A. 19. 



1. P. falcata, Rendle. F.C. 589. 



Ovamboland : Namakunde, Barnard, 46 ! ; Cunene banks, 

 Barnard, 46a ! ; Barnard, 16473. Damaraland : Tsumeb (Dinter). 



