338 Annals of the South African Museum. 



PANICUM, Linn. 



P. serratum, Steud. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 8-20 hi. high, spikes pinkish. 

 Spring-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 391!; Qoqolosi Peak, P// ////>, 970 !; 

 without precise locality, Cooper, 921. 



DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Eiversdale. Mossel Bay. Humans- 

 dorp. Uitenhage. Bathurst, Alexandria. Albany. Fort Beaufort. 

 Stockenstroom Cathcart. Queeiistown. Somerset East. Albert. 

 Tembulaud. Natal. Orange Free State. Transvaal (Wonder- 

 fontein, near Lydenburg). Bechuanalaud (Kuruman). 



SESUTO : Lengobe la namane. The knee-joint of a calf. L<_>Ii<>l<nn>. 

 Small weed. A grazing grass. 



P. Isachne, Roth. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 15-25 in. high, spikes greenish. 

 Summer. Frequent. A. Dieterlen, 657!; Leribe, Buchanan, 145, 230! 



DISTRIBUTION: Trail skei. Natal. Bechuaualand (Batlapin 

 Country). 



SESUTO: Kholane. Small weed. Derived from " lehola " a weed. 

 A good grazing grass. 



P. Helopus, Trin. var. glabrescens, K. Schum. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, spikes greenish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 658 ! ; between Harrismith and Leribe, 

 Buchanan, 211 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstowu. Natal. 



SESUTO: Lehola. Weed. MofuH-Khomo. Grazing of the cattle. 

 A deeply-rooted grass grazed and liked by cattle in autumn. 



P. stagninum, Koenig. 



Near the fountain on Hlotse slope. 3-5 ft. high. May. A. Dieterlen, 

 848! 



DISTRIBUTION : Alexandria. Komgha. Trauskei. 



SESUTO: Bolioine l>a, liliba. The " Bohome " of the fountains. 

 Derived from the verb " ho homa " to stick to one's clothes. Use 

 unknown. 



P. aequinerve, Nees. 



Banks of the Liitle Pot River, 4550 ft., March, Gal^nn, 6886! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Pondolaud. Transvaal (Houtbosch). 



P. laevifolium, Hack. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 543 ! 



