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Summer. A. Dieterlen, 677 ! ; Wittebergen, 5-6000 ft., Dreye ; 

 Tsitsa footpath, Drakensberg, 7250 ft., March, Galpin, 6877. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Ceres. Uiteuhage. Port Elizabeth. 

 Somerset East. Transkei. Natal. Orange Free State. 



SESUTO : Kaka-hlothoana. Meaning unknown. (This is also the 

 native name of a bird, viz., Pycnonotus niyricans). Boea ba ntja. The 

 hair of a dog. Sekdlana. The small head-oi'nameut. 



B. striatella, C.B. Cl. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 2-15 in. high, spikelets brownish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 471 ! ; rocks at side of stream in ravine, 

 Phillips, 732 ! 738 ! ; rocks near Harrismith, 5000 ft., Wood (mixed 

 with No. 4672). 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Hlohoane tsa lehehemu. The small head of the crane. 

 Bore ba ntja. The medicine of the dog. 



B. schoenoides, Kunth. 



Veld, mountain slopes, and plateau. 5-20 in. high, spikelets cream, 

 brown when mature. Spring-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 605!; Witte- 

 bergen, 7-8000 ft., Drege, 4378. 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockeustroom. King William's Town. 



SESUTO : Leyabutle le lenyenyane. The small one which grows 

 slowly. 



B. scleropus, C.B. Cl. 



Banks of streams on mountain slopes. 6-15 in. high, spikelets 

 brown. Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen, 335 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Tembuland. Transvaal (Aapie's River). 

 SESUTO : Leyabutle. He who eats slowly. 



B. Burkei, C.B. Cl. 



Caledon River, Burke, 332. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



B. capillaris, Kunth. 



Water-courses. 3-6 in. high, spikelets brown. February-March. 



A. Dieterlen, 838 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Poudoland. 



SESUTO : Joang ba ndkana. The grass of the brook. 



B. trichobasis, C. B. Cl. 



Stony places on veld and mountain slopes. 3-11 in. high, spikelets 

 dark brown. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 646 ! 



