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DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (Donker's jHoek, near Wigaardsfontein, 

 Pretoria, near Klippaii). 



SESUTO : 'Mofa ntso'e o mohola. The big binder of the sugar-cane. 

 This is an autumn grass and is found abundantly in cultivated lauds ; 

 it is used to make binders for the bundles of sugar-cane (Ntsoe). 

 Makes a very good hay. 



P. natalense, Hochst. 



Without precise locality, Cooper, 920 ; Van Reeneu, 5-6000 ft., 

 December, Wood, 7219 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Tembulaud. Transvaal (Houtbosch, Stinkfonteiu, 

 Keeron River, near Crocodile River). 



AXONOPUS, Hook. f. 



A. semialatus, Hook. f. var. Ecklonii, Stapf. 



Drakensbei-g Range, at Polela, 6-7000 ft., Evans, 521. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Alexandria. Albany. Bai'klyWest. Stockeustroom. 

 Komgha. Tembulaud. Natal. 



SETARIA, Beauv. 



S. nigrirostis, Durand and Schinz. 



Veld and roadsides. 10-25 in. high, spikes violet-whitish. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 292 ! ; Lefi's Kloof on N.E. slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, occasional, Phillips, 838!; Drakensbergeu, near Harrismith, 

 Buchanan, 113. 



DISTRIBUTION : Queeustown. Komgha. Natal. Transvaal (Klerks- 

 dorp, Pietersberg) . 



SESUTO: Marotla. Sekhoho. Grass (meaning of both words). A 

 grazing grass. 



S. Gerrardii, Stapf. 



Leribe, Buchanan, 224. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



S. flabellata, Stapf. 



On veld, by roadsides and mountain slopes. 14-22 in. high, spikes 

 yellowish. Summer. Not common. A. Dieterlen, 401!; mountain 

 slopes behind the Mission Station, Phillips, 505 ! ; ravine on west 

 slopes of Leribe plateau, Phillips, 640 ! ; by the Caledon River, 

 Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Riversdale. Knysna. Uitenhage. 

 Port Elizabeth. Alexandria. Batlmrst. Tembuland. 



