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vi. CHLORIS, F.C. 640; F.T.A. 21. 



1. C. barbata, Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ. i, 200. 



Namaqualand : Kuias, Schinz, 620 ; Tiras, Schinz, 619. Damara- 

 land : in Okahandja between Okahandja and Osona, Dinter, 1632 ; 

 Ovamboland : Olukonda, Schinz, 618. 



2. C. compressa, D.C., Cat. hort. Mospel. (1813), p. 94. 

 Namaqualand : Kuisib, Fleck, 530. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Colony to Uganda. 



3. C. virgata, Swartz. F.C. 641. 



Ovamboland : Mafa, Barnard, 64 ! 16494 ! Namaqualand : 

 Bethany District ; Kunab, 1300 m., April, in black sand, Range, 1006 ! ; 

 Beersheba District, Mukorup Vlei, 1100 m., April, Range, 1341!; 

 Kainuchas, near Gibeon, 1200 m., in black sand, April, Range, 1376 ! ; 

 Great Kosis, 1130 m., in muddy places, July, Range, 386 ! Damara- 

 land : Tsumeb, Dinter, 2493 ; Windhuk, near native hospital, Gillman, 

 16427 ! ; between "Windhoek and Gobabis, Gillman, 16432 ! ; Inachab, 

 Dinter, I, 1096, 1096a. 



Widely spread through the tropics of both hemispheres. An annual 

 weed in old lands, keenly relished by stock, and considered a highly 

 nutritious fodder; it is largely used for hay, in which character it 

 commands a good price. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : S. Africa, Coast, Central, Kalahari, 

 and Eastern Regions. 



vii. EUSTACE YS, F.T.A. 21. 



1. E. petreae, Desv. in Nouv. Bull. Soc. Philom. ii (1810), 189 (Chloris 

 petreae, Pilg., F.C. 643). 



Damaraland : Grootfontein, Dinter, 2343. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : S. Africa, Coast, Central, Kalahari, and 

 Eastern Regions. Also in tropical Africa. 



viii. ELEUSINE, F.C. 644 : F.T.A. 21. 



1. E. indica, Ga&rtn. F.C. 645. 



Ovamboland : Ondongua, Barnard, 65 ! ; Damaraland : Tsumeb, on 

 red loam, Dinter, 1706a, 2512 ; Franzfontein, Dinter, 2813 ; Zwart- 

 water, Dinter, 2704 ; Outjo, Dinter, 2523. 



A troublesome annual weed of no use in winter. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Coast, Kalahari, and Eastern Regions. 

 Tropics of the Old World, introduced ? in the New World. 



