320 Annals of the South African Museum. 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Pondoland. Natal. 

 SESUTO : Hotaotaoane o moholo oa liliba. The big " Motaoataoaue " 

 of the springs. 



P. umbrosus, Nees. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 8-20 in. high, spikelets light-brown. 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 595a ! 596 ! 771 ! ; in streams, PhiHi^a, 801 ! ; 

 Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., December, Flanagan, 1865 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Clanwilliam. Cape. Paarl. Worcester. Caledon. 

 Kiversdale. Knysua. Uitenhage. King William's Town. East 

 Grriqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, Donker's Hoek). 



SESUTO : Motaoataoane oa liliba. The " Motaoataoane " of the 

 springs. A medicine for chest colds is prepared from the plant. 

 The rhizomes are scented ; they are dried, scraped, and threaded as a 

 necklace or put among clothes. 



P. oakfortensis, C.B.C1. 



Water courses on mountain slopes. Spikelets brown, A. Dieterlen, 

 947! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Lomati Valley). 



SESUTO : Taoane. Meaning unknown. 



P. angulatus, Nees. 



Water courses on mountain slopes. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 596 b ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Komgha. Tembulaud. Pondoland. 

 Transvaal (Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Motaoataoane oa lilibo. The " Motaoataoane " of the 

 fountains. 



CYPEEUS, Linn. 

 C. compactus, Lam. var. flavissimus, C.B.C1. 



Veld and plateau. 8-18 in. high. Spikelets yellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 181 ! ; Phillips, 864 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Clanwilliam. Uitenhage. Alexandria. ' Bathurst. 

 Albany. Fort Beaufort. Cathcart. Komgha. Transkei. Tembu- 

 land. Pondoland. East G-riqualand. Natal. Orange Free State 

 (no locality). Transvaal (Magaliesberg, Pretoria, Mooi Eiver). 



SESUTO : Leyabutle. He who grows slowly. Monokotsoai oa litsoene. 

 The mulberry of the monkeys. Grirls when going to a feast wear 

 wreaths made with the bright yellow inflorescences. 



C. semitrifidus, Schrad. 



Veld, mountain slopes, and plateau. 2-15 in. high. Spikelets 

 brown. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 398 ! 595 b ; Phillips, 940 ! 



