Flora <;/' ///*' Leribe Plateau am! Eiirirtm*. 319 



SESUTO : Qheme. A head ornament consisting of a stick trimmed 

 with the feathers of vultures. Eobo. Meaning unknown. 



K. erecta, Schumach. 



Damp spots near water-courses. 5-20 in. high, spikelets yellowish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 211!; Banks or streams, Phillips. 796! ; 

 Caledoii River, Burke. 425. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Albany. Queenstown. King William's 

 Town. Komgha. Transkei. Natal. Delagoa Bay. Transvaal 

 (Bosch Veld, Hooge Veld, Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Sechnbo. Meaning unknown. Used as a bed on which to 

 lay skins that are being rubbed to make them supple. 



K. pulchella, Kuntli. 



Damp spots near water-courses. 6-18 in. high, spikelets brown. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 604 !; Phillips, 858 ! ; 928 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Albert. Somerset East. Komgha, Orange Free 

 State (Riet River). Transvaal (Trigard's Fontein, Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Qoqothoane e nyenyatie. The small " qoqothoaue." Roro- 

 ro ii i/ana. The small " Rororo." 



PYCREUS, Beauv. 

 P. flavescens, Reichb. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 770 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Orange Free State. Transvaal (Hout- 

 bosch.). 



SESUTO : Taoane or Motaoataoane Common names for the 

 Cyperaceae. 



P. macranthus, C.B.C1. 



Natal, Mohlamba Range, 5-6000 ft,, Sutherland. 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. King William's Town. Komgha. 

 Tembuland. Natal. Transvaal (Magaliesberg, Houtbosch). 



P. Mtuidii, Nees. 



Veld and plateau. Spikelets brown. Summer- Autumn. A. Dieter! > n. 

 910! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Port Elizabeth. Natal. Delagoa Bay, 

 Transvaal (Matebe River). 



SESUTO : Taoane or Motaoataoane. 



P. ferrugineus. C.B.C1 

 Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 597 ! 



