332 A ninth of ilic /SW/// African Museum. 



ROTTBOELLIA, Linn. f. 

 R. compressa, Linn, f., var. fasciculata, Hack. 



Water courses. 20-38 in. high, spikes yellowish-red. Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 574 ! ; stream on Leribe plateau, Phillips, 804 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Glanwilliam. Cape. Paarl. Tulbagh. Worcester. 

 Stellenbosch. (Jaledon. Swellendam. Uitenhage. Albany. Graaff 

 Reinet. Tembulaud. Natal. 



SESUTO : Tayoe. Meaning unknown. Namele. He who spreads. 

 Marotlo a mqfulelu. The red " marotlo " (meaning of " marotlo " un- 

 known). Grazed and liked by cattle. Children eat the raw roots. 

 This is one of the grasses used for building the " seotloana," an 

 enclosure near the huts. 



URELYTRUM, Hack. 

 TI. squarrosum, Hack. 



Between Harrismith and Leribe, Buchanan, 213 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, near Maquasi Moun- 

 tains, Mooi River). 



TRACHYPOGON, Nees. 



T. polymorphus, Hack., var. capensis, Hack. 



A rare grass, A. Dieterlen, 210b ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Riversdale. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Alexan- 

 dria. Bathurst. Albany. Transkei. Tembuland. Natal. Orange 

 Free State. Transvaal (Johannesburg, Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Selukana. Meaning unknown. 



ELIONURUS, H. and B. 

 E. argenteus, Nees. 



Veld and plateau. 10-22 in. high, spike whitish. Summer. Common. 

 A. Dieterlen, 177!; mountain slopes behind the Mission Station, 

 Phillips, 504 !, Leribe plateau, Phillips, 693 !, south slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, above Khaniane, Phillips, 933 ! ; Drakensbergen, Giant's 

 Castle, 8-9000 ft.. October, Wood, 10543 ! ; Caledon River, Burke, 200 ; 

 moist rocky places on the Wittebergen, 5-6000 ft., Drege. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Alexandria. Albany. Fort Beaufort. 

 Stockenstroom. Albert. Aliwal North. Konigha. Tembuland. 

 Natal. Zululand. Orange Free State (Draaifontein). Transvaal 

 (Vaal River, Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Hluku. Meaning unknown. A good spring and summer 

 grazing grass. Used medicinally for colic. 



