322 Annals of Ihe South African Museum. 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (between Porter and Trigard's Foutein). 

 SESUTO : Qoqothvanenyana. The small " Qoqothvane." 



C. usitatus, Burch. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 188 ! ; slopes behind the Mission Station, 

 Phillips, 524!, slopes above Khauiane, growing in patches, P/ii/lijis, 

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

 1873! ; Caledon River, Zei/her, 1743, Burke, 302; near Buffalo River 

 Waterfall, Basutolund, 8200 ft., March, Galpin, 6872. 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Paarl. Uiteuhage. Bathurst. 

 Prince Albert. Somerset East. Hope Town. Albert. Aliwal North. 

 Colesberg. Griqualaud West. Orange Free State (Bloemfontein). 

 Transvaal (Bamboe's Spruit). 



SESUTO : Monnlcalali. Meaning unknown. Mosela-KnaJca. Derived 

 from the verb " ho sela " to go about looking for food -and 

 " Khaka " the crowned guinea-fowl (Nuntida coronata). Children 

 eat the small bulbs either raw or roasted. In times of famine the 

 bulbs are crushed and cooked to make a kind of porridge. 



C. esculentus, Linn. 



Between Harrismith and Leribe, Buchanan, 212. 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, 

 Houtbosch), 



C. longus, Linn. var. tenuiflorus, Boeck. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 201 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Clauwilliam. Cape. Paarl. Tulbagh. Worcester. 

 Swellendam. Queenstown. Prince Albert. Richmond. Albert. 

 Hope Town. Griqualaud West. Transvaal (Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Motavatavane. Meaning unknown. See note under 

 Pycreus umbrosus. 



C. fastigiatus, Rottb. 



Lei-ibe, A. Dieterlen, 692 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Clanwilliam. Cape. Stellenbosch. Riversdale. 

 Uiteuhage. Albany. Queenstowu. Aliwal North. King William's 

 Town. Transkei. Natal. Griqualaud West. Orange Free State 

 (near Wiuburg). Transvaal (near Klerksdorp, Hooge Veld). 



SESUTO : Mothoto. Meaning unknown. The smoke produced when 

 the plant is burnt is supposed to cure pains in one's side. The steins 

 are used for thatching the temporary huts erected in the grain fields, 

 which serve as a shelter to the person occupied in scaring away birds 

 from the ripening grain. 



