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DISTRIBUTION : Tropical Africa. 



SESUTO : Leijabutle le letsoana. The small black one who eats 

 slowly. 



B. Schlechteri, C. B. Cl. 



Mountain slopes, Lei'ibe, A. Dieterlen, 731 ! (exparte). 

 DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (Aapie's Eiver). 



SCIEPUS, Linn. 



S. fluitans, Linn. 



Natal, Van Eeenen's Pass, 5800 ft., Kuntze, 234. 



DISTRIBUTION : Tulbagh. Worcester. Somerset East. King 

 William's Town. Transvaal (Hooge Veld). 



S. Ludwigii, Boeck. var. tenuior, Kunth. 



Caledon River, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : Alexandria. Uitenhage. 



S. setaceus, Linn. 



Damp spots near water- courses. 2-18 in. high, spikelets greenish- 

 grey. Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 706 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Graaff Eeinet. Transvaal (Hooge 

 Vekl, Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Boleanyana. The small smooth thing. LeshotnuJcho. 

 Meaning unknown. 



S. macer, Boeck. 



Water-courses. 4-20 in. high, spikelets brownish. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 394 ! ; damp banks of stream, Phillips, 788 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Houtbosch). Orange Free State 

 (no locality). 



SESUTO: Bolibana. The small hole. ("Boliba" = a deep hole in 

 a river). 



S. cernuus, Vahl. 



Damp spots near water-courses. 2-8 in. high, spikelets greenish. 

 Summer- Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 705! 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Cape. Eobertson. Mossel 

 Bay. Port Elizabeth. Albany. Fort Beaufort. Queenstown. 

 Somerset East. King William's Town. Tembuland. Natal. 

 Transvaal. 



SESUTO : Leshomokhoana. Meaning unknown, Ground together 

 with a locust (which has the same Sesuto name) to make a medicine 

 for ailing children. 



