88 



iairlj' prominent for a member of tlie Andropogoueae, and 

 there is a good deal of sclerenchyma, the main bundles being 

 g'irdered. The leaf folds conduplicate. 



Tig. 22. — Transverse Section of a portion of a leaf of Urehjtrum squarrosvm 



(x about 70). 



I'roflilacna. Dwarf annual grasses from the sand hills of 

 the Western region. Stapf notes that U. mo joy is possibly 

 ■only a vigorous state of U . ■pusilla. 



\\\l\)\a. V. hromoides is an annual ruderal introduced 

 ■species, common at the Cape. F. myiirus is also annual, in 

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



