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17. E. denudata, Hack. F.C. 613. 



Damaraland : between Haris and Awas Mts. in Kimbis River bed, 

 Pearson, 950 ! ; Aris, good fodder grass, Dinter, 2239 ! ; Aris- Wind- 

 hoek, Dinter, 1852 ! ; Bush veld near Grootfontein, Dinter, 2309 ! ; 

 Oukongo, Dinter, 3382 ; on quartz gravel on Okongawa Mt. near 

 Ovikokorero (Dinter) ; Gross Tutara-Franzfontein (Dinter) ; Kamel- 

 boom, Dinter, 2068 ! Namaqualand : growing with Pappophorum 

 brachystachyus in small cushions about 5 cm. high at Nomtsas (Dinter) ; 

 Kubib, Range, 233! 312!; Garub, 900 m., Oct., Range, 510!; 

 Kuibis, quartz rocks, 1350 m., May, Range, 658 ! 867 ! 892 ! ; Bethany 

 District : Kunab, 1300 m., April, Range, 1400 ! ; Central and Eastern 

 Karasberg : sandstone plateau on summit of Long Hill east of Krai 

 Kluft, Pearson, 8482 ; stony flats S. of Keiap River at Narudas Slid, 

 Pearson, 8317 ! ; Groot Rozijnbosch, Pearson, 3696 ! ; sandy plains 

 of Schakalskuppe, Pearson, 4794 ; common in sand near base of kopje 

 15 miles S.E. of Grundoorn, Pearson, 4565; very common 18 km. 

 W. of Aus, Pearson, 4216. Ovamboland : Onolongo, Barnard, 51 ! ; 

 Cunene banks, Barnard, 50 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Kalahari Region, Griqualand West, 

 Bechuanaland, Orange Free State, Transvaal. 



18. E. Dinteri, Stop/in Kew Bull. 1906, 29. 



Damaraland : near Grootfontein, Otjitjika, April, Dinter, 1518 ! ; 

 Ossire, Dinter, i, 484 ! ; characteristic grass of Omaheke formation 

 of Grootfontein, Awas, etc. Okakueyo, Grossart in Herb., Dinter, 

 2581, 2582, 2579 ; Otjitjika, Dinter, 2882. 



19. E. echinochloidea, Stapf. F.C. 627. 



Damaraland : Namutoni, near water hole, Barnard, 54 ! 16504 ! 

 16496!; in bed of Omuramba and Ovamba near Kajas (Dinter); 

 in black humus in fissures of limestone, Okahandja, Dinter, 1629 ! 

 Namaqualand : Soromas Vlei, 1000 m., April, Range, 664 ! 



Grows in sandy places, 70-80 cm. high, and is valued as fodder. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Kalahari Region. 



20. E. fastigiata, Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss., ser. II, i, 768. 

 Namaqualand : Inachab, Dinter, 1102. 



21. E. gummiflua, Nees. F.C. 629. 



Damaraland : Otjihangwe, Dinter, 2763 ! ; Aris, Dinter, 2240 ! ; 

 Okahandja Otjisazu, Dinter, 2546 ! 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Coast, Kalahari, and Eastern Regions. 



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