416 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : South Africa, Coast, Central, and Kala- 

 hari Regions. 



38. E. Pilgeriana, Dinter ex Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. li, 420 (1914). 

 Damaraland : Okahandja, in great quantities, Dinter, 1657 ! 



39. E. pilosa (L.), P. Beauv., Essai Agrost, (1812), p. 71. 

 Namaqualand : Luderitz, 42 ; Grab (Heering and Grimme}. 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape to Egypt, S. Europe, Central 



Asia, and America. 



40. E. plumosa, Link. Hort. Berol. i, 192. 



Syn. E. retinorrhea, Steud. ; E. tenella, R. and S. 

 Damaraland: Okahandja, Dinter, 134; Okandu, Dinter, 134; 

 12 km. from Pad Okahandja-Otjisazu, Dinter, 134; Okakueyo, 

 Grossart in herb., Dinter. 



41. E. porosa, Nees. F.C. 604. 



Ovamboland : grass veld round Andoni ; Barnard, 16491 ! Damara- 

 land : near Klein Witvlei, Gobabis, Gillman, 16445 ! ; Windhoek, in 

 bed of stream, Gillman, 16456 ; Okahandja, Dinter, 1624 ! ; between 

 Tsumeb and Bobos (Dinter) ; in Kamelbaumbusch on stiff loam at 

 Ovikokorero (Dinter). Namaqualand : Kuibis, 1320 m., May, 

 Range, 622 ! 732 ! 888 ! ; Leber River, near base of kopje 15 miles 

 S.E. of Grundoorn, Pearson, 4538, 4561, 4557 ; sandy stream bed on 

 stony plains 15 km. W. of Sandverhaar, Pearson, 4622; among 

 quartzite blocks, Akam River bed. Pearson, 4742 ; on kopje near 

 Grundoorn, Pearson, 3138 ; Kunab, 1300 m., Range, 1017 ! ; Gibeon, 

 1200 m., Range, 1428 ; Central Karasberg, among stones on bank of 

 dry stream on plains S.W. of Krai Kluft, Pearson, 8479 ; Hofinungs- 

 felde, Pearson, 6585 ; Haris, in Kuibis river bed, Pearson, 9558 ; 

 Satansplatz, Dinter, 2046 ! 2043 ! ; Okatjongeama (Grossarth), 

 Dinter, 1581, 1592 ! ; dominant grass with Pogonarthria tuberculata 

 and Triraphis Fleckii at Plattsand N. of Reheboth (Dinter) ; Quartel, 

 Dinter, 2170 ; between Ausis and Kujas, Schenk, 82. 



In sandy places, and along rivers ; useful as fodder for all animals. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Coast and Kalahari Regions. 



41. E. porosa, Nees, forma laxa ? 



Namaqualand : Satansplatz, Dinter, 2043 ! ; Lichtenstein. Dinter, 

 4350! 



42. E. procumbens, Nees. F.C. 620. 

 Namaqualand : Kuibis, 1300 m., May, Range, 661 ! 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Central Region, Camdeboo. 



