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SESUTO : Bohobe ba linonyana. The bread of the birds. Mo-ora- 

 tlapana. He who faces the small flat stone. A grazing grass. 



D. eriantha, Steud. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 12-28 in. high, spikes greenish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 768!; stream on plateau, common, Phillips, 

 800 ! ; between Aliwal North and Kraai River, Dreye. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Alexandria. Bathurst. Albany. King 

 William's Town. Queenstowu. Prince Albert. Somerset East. 

 G-raaff Reiuet. Tembuland. Natal. Hay. Prieska. Orange Free 

 State. Transvaal (Pienaar's River). 



SESUTO : 'Moeane. That which comes back at the end of the 

 season. Derived from " ho boea " to come back or return. A 

 grazing grass. 



D. setifolia, Stapf. 



Plateau. 10-20 in. high, spikes yellowish Summer. Rare. A. 

 Dieterlen, 744! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. Tembuland. 



SESUTO : Lemoku. Meaning unknown. Lesale. Derived from the 

 verb " ho sa " to be dispersed. A grazing grass. 



D. ternata, Stapf. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 472a, ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queeustown. Transkei. Natal. 



SESUTO: 'Moeane. See D. eriantha, Steud. A good grazing grass. 

 Becomes a weed in gardens. 



D. sanguinalis, Scop. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 472 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Clanwilliam. Cape. Swellendeu. George. Knysna. 

 Uitenhage. Graaft' Reiuet. Natal. Hay. 



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SESUTO : 'Moeane. See D. eriantha, Steud A good grazing grass. 

 Becomes a weed in gardens. 



D. tricholaenoides, Stapf. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 8-25 in. high, spikes pink. Summer. 

 Not common. A. Dieterlen, 816! 817!; Left's Kloof, N.E. slopes of 

 Leribe plateau, occasional, Phillips, 837 ! 



DISTRIBUTION .- King William's Town. Tembuland. Natal. 



SESUTO : Mo hlaba-khama. He who pricks the hartebeest. Mo-hloea. 

 He of the whey. The hollow stoms are used to suck up the whey of 

 sour milk. A grazing grass, not common. 



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