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(b) Stony elevations. Oropetium capense, Danthonia 

 glauca, 1). puviila, Panicum glomeratum, Enneapogon 



scaber, Aristida ciliata. 



13. Higher Elevations of the Inner Namib. 



The outer Western edge of the great escarpment. 



(a) Sandy flats. Limestone flats. Sandy dry river 

 courses. Panicum mesocomnum, P. glomeratum, P. coloratum, 

 P. minus var. planifolium, Tricholaena armaria, Aristida 

 adscensionis, A. vestita, A. ciliata, A. namaquensis, A. 

 lutescens, A. obtusa, A. uniplumis, A. brevifolia, A. hoch- 

 stetteriana, A. sabulicola, Sporobolus sladenianus, Eragrostis 

 spinosa, E. porosa, E. bicolor, E. denudata, E. chalcantha, 

 E. annulata, Triraphis fleckii, T. purpurea, Enneapogon 

 brachystachyus, E. scaber, Schmidtia bulbosa, Fingerhuihia 

 africana, Schism us fasciculatvs . 



(b) Rocky mountain slopes. Stony dry river courses. 

 Andropogon contortus, A. nardus var. marginatus, A. pluri- 

 nodis, Anthistiria imberbis, Digitaria eriantha, Panicum 

 minus var. planifolium, Setaria append iculata, Pennisetum 

 cenchroides, Anihephora pubesccns, Aristida adscensionis, A. 

 angustata, A. vestita, A. ciliata, A. gemini folia, A. nama- 

 quensis, A. obtusa, A. uni plumis, A. dregeana, Tragus 

 racemosus, Sporobolus ioclados, S. fimbriatus, Eragrostis 

 porosa, E. denudata, E. heteromera, E. annulata, E. 

 brizaniha, E. namaquensis, Triraphis ramosissima, Ennea- 

 pogon scaber, Schismus fasciculatus, Entoplocamia aristulata, 

 Festuca scabra. 



(c) Moist places. Vleis and stream banks. Soil often 

 slightly brackish. Ph rag mites communis, Pennisetum 

 macron rum , Poh/pogon monspeliensis, P. tenuis, Agrostis 

 lachnantlta, A. polypogonoides, Diplachne fusca, D. pau- 

 cinervis, Eragrostis brizoides, Cynodon dactylon, Briza minor. 



C. Central and Eastern Mountain Ranges of the Western 

 Region. 



Definite grassland is here developed, which becomes 

 increasingly tropical and mesophytic towards the north. 

 Much of it is Tree Veld of different kinds, of an arid type 

 towards the Namib with Euphorbias and Aloe dichotoma ; with 

 Acacias (A. giraffae, A. detinens, A. albida), Albizzia anthel- 

 mintheca, Dichrostachys nutans, Boscia pechvelii, etc., 



