334 Annals of the South African Museum. 



A. filifolius, Steud. 



Veld and hill-slopes. 10 IS in. high, spikes reddish-yellow. 

 Autumn. A. Dietvrlen, 397a!; Giant's Castle, 8-90UO ft., October, 

 Wood, 10546 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Port Elizabeth. Alexandria. Bathurst. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Houtboscli). 



SESUTO : See A. Schirensis, Hochst. var. angus/ ifolia, Stapf. 



A. distachys, Linn. 



Witteberg, near Harrismith, Buchanan, 263 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



A. Sorghum, Brot. var. saccharatus, Korn. 



Cultivated. 5-7 ft. high. Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 698! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical regions. 



SESUTO : Ntsoe. Meaning unknown. Said to be indigenous. The 

 sweet stem is chewed in autumn. A preparation of this plant and 

 Erigeron canadense, Linn., is used for eczema ; it is applied to the 

 eruption, which is then rubbed with fat. This operation must be 

 performed by the first cousin of the sick person, otherwise the natives 

 believe it will have no effect. 



A. contortus, Linn. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 210a ! ; mountain slopes south of the Mission 

 Station, Phillips, 647 ! 695 ! ; summit Pot liiver Berg, 6200 ft., March 

 Galpin, '68951 ; Caledon Kiver, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Kiversdale. George. Knysna. 

 Uiteuhage. Port Elizabeth. Alexandria. Fort Beaufort. Stocken- 

 stroom. Tembuland. Natal. Prince Albert. Aberdeen. Somerset 

 East. Graaff Reiuet. Albert. Hay. Orange Free State (near 

 Wiuburg). Transvaal (Pretoria). 



SESUTO: Selukana. Meaning unknown. A spring grazing grass. 

 Used, together with Tribulus terrestris, Linn., as a medicine for 

 rheumatism in the hands. (The natives believe that you must use a 

 stinging plant to cure a disease with acute pain.) 



A. Nardus, Linn., var. marginatus, Hack. 



Mountain slopes, spikes yellowish. Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 390 ! ; 

 Buffalo Kiver, Waterfall, 7750 ft., March, Gatyiii, 6897 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Cape. Worcester. Caledon. Eiversdale. Aliwal 

 North. 



SESUTO : Lebate or Lebata. Derived from the verb " hobata " to 

 be cold. Grazed by cattle and goats. Used as a medicine for chest 

 complaints. 



