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DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Queeustowu. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 SESUTO : Qokoa. Meaning unknown. Grazed by cattle and horses. 

 It is said to be the best and most lasting thatching grass. 



A. Dieterlenii, Stapf, sp. nov. (Cymbopogon Dieterlenii, Stapf). 



Mountain slopes. 28-36 in. high, spikes yellowish. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 390b ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Lebatjana. The small " Lebate." This grass, together 

 with Elionurus aryenteus, Nees, is burnt and mixed with water, and 

 used to sprinkle a person suffering with " Molikana," a disease which 

 causes eruptions on the body through not having undergone certain 

 tribal rites. Also used as a medicine for wounds and as " Molitola " 

 medicine to make young people true and strong men. 



ANTHISTIRIA, Linn. fit. 

 A. imberbis, Retz. 



Wittebergeu, 7-8000 ft., Drcge. 



DISTRIBUTION : Claiiwilliam. Cape. Worcester. Riversdale. 

 George. Port Elizabeth. Alexandria. Albany. Beaufort West. 

 Queenstowu. Albert. Aberdeen. Graaff Reiuet. Tembuland. Natal. 



var. mollicoma, Stapf. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 20-30 in. high, spikes reddish-yellow. 

 Summer-Autumn. Very common. A. Dieterlen, 381 ! ; slopes behind 

 the Mission Station, stream on plateau and Qoqolosi Peak, Phillip*, 

 502 ! 778 ! 957 !; Caledon River, BnrTee, 423 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Riversdale. George. Albany. Natal. Griqua- 

 land West. Transvaal (Wonderfontein). 



SESUTO : Seb/lku. Meaning unknown. A good summer grazing 

 grass. Used for thatching when no other grass is available. 



DIGIT ARIA, Rich. 



D. monodactyla, Stapf. 



Plateau. 7-16 in. high, spikes yellowish. Summer. Not very 

 common. A. Dieterlen, 743 ! ; mountain slopes south of the Mission 

 Station and on plateau, Phillips, 694 ! ; Drakeusberg, near Harrismith, 

 Buchanan, 121 ! ; Wittebergeu, 5000 ft., Drcge. 



DISTRIBUTION : Alexandria. Orange Free State (Win burg). Trans- 

 vaal (Aapie's River). 



