Flora of the Lrrihi: Plateau ami h'nrir<ni.-i. 335 



A. plurinodis, Stapf (Cymbopogon plurinodis, Stapf). 



Between Harrismith and Leribe, Buchanan, 207! 



DISTRIBUTION : Fort Beaufort. Queenstown. Graaff Reiuet. Albert, 

 Natal. Herbert. Hay. Transvaal (Lydenberg). Bechuanalaud. 



A. Schoenanthus, Liim., var. versicolor, Hack (Gymbopogon excavatus, 

 Stapf). 



Veld aiid mountain slopes. 15-38 iu. high, spikes yellowish-green. 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 213 ! ; ravine on west slopes of Leribe plateau, 

 Phillip*, 590 ! ; Caledon River, Burke, 199 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. Natal. Hay. Orange Free 

 State (near Winburg, Bloemfontein). Transvaal (Johannesburg, 

 Aapie's River, Houtbosch). Bechuaualaud (near Kosi Fontein). 



SESUTO : Putit'd/te. Meaning unknown. Cattle are not partial to 

 this grass on account of its bitterness. Woven into rough mats in 

 which rolls of tobacco are wrapped. Placed under and at the bottom 

 of the large grain baskets (" lisin ") to keep away rats and mice, which 

 will not gnaw through it on account of its bitter propei'ties. Mixed 

 with other plants to make " medicine." 



A. hirtus, Linn. (Cymbopogon hirtus, Stapf). 



Veld and hill slopes. 3-9 ft. high, spikes reddish-yellow. Autuum- 

 A. Dieterlen, 203 ! 205 ! ; mountain slopes above the Mission Station, 

 Phillips, 500 !, Lefi's Kloof, N.E. slopes of Leribe plateau, common, 

 Phillips, 831 !, principal component of grassland of mountain slopes, 

 Phillips, 849!. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Worcester. Stellenbosch. Riversdale. 

 Uiteuhage. Albany. King William's Town. Graaff Reiuet. Cradock. 

 Aliwal North. Hay. Orange Free State (Bloerufonteiu) . Transvaal 

 (near Klippau). Bechuaualand (near Takum). 



SESUTO : Dieterlen, 203. Mookoana oa tsephe. Small chaff of the 

 springbok. MofuV a tsephi;. Grazing of the springbok. Grazed by 

 cattle and horses. (Madame Dieterlen notes that No. 203 is probably 

 a young state of No. 205, but some of the natives deny this.) Dieter- 

 len, 205. Molilnmij. Derived from the verb "ho hloma," to grow 

 again. Largely used for thatching huts and for making the large 

 grain baskets (" lisiu"). 



A. auctus, Stapf (Cymbopogon auctus, Stapf). 



Veld, dongas, and hill slopes. 5-8 ft. high, spikes greenish-brown. 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 206 ! ; mountain slopes above the Mission 

 Station, Phillips, 500a ! ; Thaba Uuchu, Burke, 427!, Zei/her, 1799. 



