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fairly prominent for a member of the Andropogoneae, and 

 "there is a good deal of selerenchyma, the main bundles being 

 girdered. The leaf folds con duplicate. 



Pig. 22. — Transverse Section of a portion of a leaf of Urelytrum squamosum 



(x about 70). 



IJrochlaena. Dwarf annual grasses from the sand hills of 

 the Western region.' Stapf notes that U. major is possibly 

 •only a vigorous state of U. pusilla. 



Vulpia. V. bromoides is an annual ruderal introduced 

 species, common at the Cape. V. myurus is also annual, in 

 the South West and West, and it has been found in Natal. 



