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(b) Stony elevations. Oropetium capense, Danihonia 

 glauca, I), puviila, Panicum glomeratum, Enneapogon 

 scaber, Aristida ciliata. 



B. Higher Elevations of the Inneh Namib. 



The outer Western edge of the great escarpment. 



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

 courses. Panicum mesocoTnum, P. glomeratum, P. coloratum, 

 P. mimis var. planifolium, Tricholaeiia arenaria, Aristida 

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

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

 stetteriana, A. sabulicola, Sporobolus slcidenianus , Eragrostis 

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

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

 brachystachyus, E. scaber, Schmidtia bulbosa, Fingerhuthia 

 africana, Schismus fasciculatus. 



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

 Andropogon contortus, A. nardus Yav. marginatus, A. phiri- 

 nodis, Anthistiria imberbis, Digitaria eriantha, Panicum 

 minus var. planifolium, Setaria appendiculata, Pennisetum 

 cenchroides, Anthephora pubescens, Aristida adscensionis, A. 

 angustata, A. vestita, A. ciliata, A. geminifolia, A. nama- 

 quensis, A. obtusa, A. uniplumis, A. dregeana, Tragus 

 racemosus, Sporobolus ioclados, S. fimbriatus, Eragrostis 

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

 brizantha, E. namaquensis, Triraphis ramosissima, Ennea- 

 pogon scaber, Schismus fasciculatus, Entoplocamia aristuldta, 

 Festuca scabra. 



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

 slightly brackish. Phragmites comm.unis, PennisetuTn 

 macrourum, Polypogon monspeliensis , P. tenuis, Agrostis 

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

 cinervis, Eragrostis brizoides, Cynodon dactylnn, 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, DicJtrostachys nutans, Boscia pechuelii, etc., 



