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Gramineae. 



7. Imperata cylindrica P.B. (I. arundinacea Cyr.). See pp. 106, 1 14. 



Some specimens in crevices at the base of the basaltic 

 rocks. 



8. Saccharurn spontaneum L. See pp. 100 seq. 



Very numerous on the leached-out older parts of the 

 littoral plain along the base of the steep wall formed by 

 the rupture. 



9. Pogonatherum paniceum Hack. (P. crinitum Trin.). See p. 105. 



Numerous on the steep wall formed by the rupture. 



10. Ischaemum muticum L. See pp. 89 and 90. 



Numerous on the beach. 



//. Pennisetum macrostachyum Brongn. (Gymnothrix elegans Biise; 

 Pennisetum elegans Ernst). See p. 48, No. 8 and p. 99. 

 A few specimens in crevices at the base of the basaltic 

 rocks; numerous on the older leached-out parts of the 

 littoral plain. 



12. Spinifex Jittoreus Men; (Sp. squarrosus L.) See pp. 89 and 90. 



Scattered on the younger parts of the beach. 



Cyperaceae. 



13. Cyperus pennatus Link. (In Ernst's paper under the names 



of Cyperus digitatus Roxb. and Mariscus umbellatus Vahl.) 

 See p. 47, No. 5; p. 91, No. 4 and p. 90. 

 Scattered on the older, firmer parts of the beach. 



14. Fimbristy/is spathacea Roth. See p. 47, No. 6; p. 90 and 



p. 91, No. 5. 



Several specimens on the older, firmer parts of the beach. 



Palmae. 



15. Cocos nucifera L. See p. 39, No. 3. 



Some young, possibly planted specimens behind the flood- 

 mark. The coco-nuts washed ashore were all empty. 



Casuarinaceae. 



16. Casuarina equisctifolia Forst. See p. 91, No. 6. 



A few scattered young specimens. These cannot have been 

 the same as those found by Penzig in 1897 which, if 

 they had remained in life, would in 1906 have grown up 

 into tall trees. Such trees we did not see at Zwarte Hoek. 



