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ANDROPOGON, Linn. 

 A. ceresiaeformis, Nees. 



Mountain slopes aud plateau. 10-18 in. high, spikes reddish. 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 464 ! ; summit of Pot River Berg, 6470 ft., 

 March, Galpin, 6898. 



DISTRIBUTION : Pondoland. East Griqualand. Natal. Orange 

 Free State. Transvaal (Johannesburg, Aapie's River, Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Mobeseletso or ' Meseletso. Something which is burned for 

 a purpose. Derived from the verb " ho beseletsa " to burn for. 

 During autumn the natives burn this grass in their cultivated lauds, 

 with the belief that the smoke will help the grain to ripen quickly. 

 Not much eaten by cattle. 



A. eucomus, Nees. 



Hill slopes. 10-16 in. high, spikes whitish. Tejatejaneug. April 

 A. Dieterlen, 816 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Clanwilliam. Cape. Tulbagh. Port Elizabeth. 

 Albany. Natal. Hay. Bechuaualaud (near Kuruman). Transvaal 

 (Nile river, Houtbosch). Rhodesia (Matopo Hills). 



SESUTO : Mohlaala. Meaning unknown. 



A. appendiculatus, Ness. 



Veld and plateau. 1|-4| ft. high, spikes reddish. Summer. Not 

 uncommon. A. Dieterlen, 349 ! ; without precise locality, Cooper ; 

 Caledon River, Burke, Zeylier, 1801 ! ; Ben McDhui, 9900 ft., March. 

 Galpin, 6896 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Clanwilliam. Tulbagh. Worcester. Uiteuhage. 

 Port Elizabeth. Albany. Fort Beaufort. Queenstown. Albert. 

 Komgha. Tembulaud. Natal. Transvaal (Steel Poort, Johannesburg, 

 Pretoria, Magaliesberg, Matjesgoed Spruit). 



SESUTO : Mochela. Meaning unknown. Not much liked by cattle. 



A. schirensis, Hochst., var angustifolia, Stapf. 



Stony spots on veld and hill slopes. 10-35 in. high, spikes whitish- 

 red. Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 397b ! ; Leribe, Buchanan, 144; near 

 Harrismith, Buchanan, 120 ; Thaba Uuchu, Burke, 434 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, Aapie's River). 



SESUTO : Hloko ea matlapa. The " H15ko " of the flat stones. 

 Meaning unknown. 



A. amplectens, Nees. 



Basutolaud, without locality, Marloth, 1114. 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. Natal. Transvaal (Houtbosch, 

 Makapans Mountains, Dronkfonteiu, Aapie's River). 



