330 Annals of the Soufh African Museum. 



Lesnoane le lenyenyane. The small " Lesuoane." Used as a mat on 

 which to soften skins. Also used to plait boys' hats. 



C. esenbeckiana, Boeck. 



Natal, Van Eeenen's Pass, 5800 ft,, Knntae, 290. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Alexandria. Albany. King William's Town. 



C. spicato-paniculata, C.B. Cl. 



Orange Free State, on the Drakensberg Range, Cooper, 1066. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Natal. Transvaal (Houtbosch). 



C. Buchanan!, C.B. Cl. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 759a! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : PoJcana l>a liliha ho boholo. The big smooth thing of the 

 fountains. 



C. flava, Linn. 



Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., Flanagan, 2013. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic to this region, but also found in Europe 

 and North America. 



C. clavata, Thunb. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 20-45 in. high, spikelets brown. 

 A. Dieterlen, 601. 



DISTRIBUTION : Malmesbury. Cape. Paarl. Port Elizabeth. 

 Bathurst. Orange Free State (no locality). 



SESUTO : Lesuane. Derived from the verb " ho sua " to make a 

 skin supple. The natives use it as a mat on which to soften skins ; 

 also used to make hats. In former times the shepherds used to make 

 from the stems a roughly plaited coat to wear in the rainy season. 



C. drakensbergensis, C.B. Cl. 



Drakensbergen, near Harrismith, Buchanan, 112, 136 ; Ben McDlnii, 

 9000 ft., March, Galpin, 6881. 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Potchef- 

 stroom). 



C. sp. (near C. clavata, Thunb.). 



Doodman's Krans Mountain, 8650 ft., March, Galpin, 6882. 



Dr. Bolus determined this as C. elavata, Thunb. The above identi- 

 fication is from Kew. 



