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2. E. filifolium, Stapf. M.S. (Pappophorum filifolium, Pilg. in Engl. 



Jahrb. 51, p. 419). 

 Damaraland : Otjitjika, 35 km. from Grootfontein, Engler, 6347. 



3. E. mollis, Lehm. F.C. 655. 



Ovamboland : Cunene banks, Barnard, 71 ; Namakunde, Barnard, 

 72 ! ; Mafa, Barnard, 73 ! ; grass veld round Andoni, Barnard, 

 16520. Namaqualand: Kuibis, quartz rocks, Feb., Range, 858!; 

 Scliakalskuppe, quartz rocks, Range, 877 ! ; Kamms, 1450 m., river- 

 side, Range, 901a ! ; Kunab, 1300 m., April, Range, 1016 ! 1021a, 

 10216!; near Gibeon Eiver side, 1245 m., Range, 1352! 1397! 

 Damaraland : Windh.uk, in beds of streams, Gillman, 16455 ! Herero- 

 land : Nels, 78 ; Okahandja, Dinter, 337 ! 



Useful as fodder for all animals. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Central Kalahari Regions, Eastern 

 tropical Africa, tropical Arabia, and the Punjab. 



4. E. scaber, Lehm. F.C. 656. 



Namaqualand : Garuberg, 1200 m., Oct., Range, 539 ; Kuibis 

 quartzite, 1350 m., Feb., Range, 862, 868 ; near Luderitzbucht, on 

 granite rocks, 800 m., Range, 1068, 1193; near Gibeon, 1200 m., 

 April, Range, 1407; Maltahohe District, 1100 m., Range, 1817. 

 Eastern Karasberg : Narudas Slid, Pearson, 8519, 8514 ; Little 

 Karas Mts., western foothills near Holoog, Pearson, 9716 ; sand near 

 base of kopje between Dabaigabis and Grundoorn, Pearson, 3162, 

 4402, 4559 ; in partial shade, Grundoorn, Pearson, 3140 ; crevices in 

 limestone on hilltops at Buchholzbrunn, 3500 ft., Pearson, 3672 ! ; 

 Seeheim, sandy river bed, Pearson, 3722 ; near Dabaigabis, Pearson, 

 4384 ; among dolerite boulders on hill near Gobas Station, Pearson, 

 3717 ; crevices in sandstone, banks of river at Sandverhaar, Pearson, 

 4647, 4632, 4607 ; Raman's Drift, common in dry river course, 

 Pearson, 4006 ; Leber River, Dinter, 2050 ! Damaraland : Welwitsch, 

 Dinter, 2808 ! 



Found in sandy places, and is useful as fodder for all animals. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Cape Colony, Algiers, Morocco, Bechuana- 

 land. 



ii. SCHMIDTIA, F.C. 657 ; F.T.A. 22. 



1. S. bulbosa, Stapf. F.C. 658. 



Namaqualand : S. of Ammin, 1250 m., in sandy places, Range, 

 772 ! ; Western and Central Karasberg, broad, dry, sandy watercourse 

 between Krai Kluft and Wasserfall Alt plateau, Pearson, 8515 ! ; 

 Awas Mts. in pass between Haris and Aub, Pearson, 9659, 9699 ; 



