Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.

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From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
PLANTS of Gloriosa Island
(Western Indian Ocean)
Dactyloctonium aegyptium
Locality NW shore, in front of Met. Station,
Gloriosa Island (11°30»S X 47°20rE).
Occurrence On exposed sand 30 m inland of beach
crest; together with Sida parvifolia, Fimbris-
tylis sp, Portulaca oleracea, Suriana, and
Stenotaphrum; common all over the is land;along
Airstrip, under coconut trees, .along beach etc,
Uate February 5, 1972	Sea level m
Frazier,
No. 129
Remarks Procumbent grass, flowering heads common;
rosettes
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