422 Annals of the South African Museum. 



2. E. verticillata, Roxb., Hort. Beng. and Fl. Ind. i, 346, Geront. Trop. 

 Damaraland : Tsumeb, Dinter, 2463. 



ix. DACTYLOCTENIUM, F.C. 646 ; F.T.A. 21. 



1. D. aegyptiacum, Willd. F.C. 646. 



Namaqualand : Gibeon, 1000 m., April, Range, 1338. Damara- 

 land : Windhuk, in bed of stream, Gillman, 16450; Swakop mouth, 

 on granite, Dinter; between Okahandja and Osona, near river, 

 Dinter, 322. Ovamboland : Ondongua, Rautanen, 589. 



Good fodder. Widely spread throughout the tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Coast, Kalahari, Eastern Kegions. 



Var. mucronatum, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss, II (1894), App. 2, 

 p. 34. 



Ovamboland : Olukonda, Schinz, 662 ; in courtyard, Mission Church 

 in Olukonda, Schinz, 621 (an extraordinarily luxuriant growth). 

 The type is cosmopolitan, and is chiefly found in warm countries ; the 

 variety, ace. to Schweinfurth, Beccari, etc., is quoted from Abyssinia 

 and Erythraea. Schinz knows it from Cape Colony, Transvaal, Natal, 

 and Port. E. Africa. 



x. TRIRAPHIS, F.C. 650 ; F.T.A. 22. 



1. T. ramosissima, Each. F.C. 651. 



Ovamboland : Cunene banks on stony ground, Barnard, 66 ! 

 Namaqualand : Satansplatz, Dinter, 2019 ! ; Klipdams River, 1200 m., 

 July, on quartz, Range, 397 ! ; Kuibis, 1350 m., May, quartz, Range, 

 670 ! ; Bethany District, Kunab, Fish River, sandstone, April, Range, 

 1003!; near Gibeon, 1200 m., Range, 1416! 1418!; Ganus Vlei, 

 1000 m., May, Range, 1441 ! ; Maltahohe District, 1000 m., June, 

 Range, 1816 ! Western Karasberg, lateral ravine, about 100 ft. above 

 Wasserfall Alt., Pearson, 8492 ! ; Kalkfontein, Pearson, 4566 ; 

 Buchholtzbrunn, Pearson, 3647 ! 



T. Elliotti, Rendle. F.C. 652. 



Namaqualand : Keetmanshoop, Fenchel, 2. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Little Namaqualand. 



2. T. Fleckii, Hack. F.C. 652. 



Ovamboland : Tamansu, Barnard, 68 ! ; Amtenya-Katiti, Barnard, 

 67 ! Namaqualand : Schakalskuppe, sandy places, Range, 253 ! ; 

 near Gibeon, Range, 1437 ! ; Liideritzbucht, sandy places near Jackals- 



