340 Annals of the South African Museum. 



SESUTO: Thusane. Derived from the verb " lio thusana " to help 

 one another. A grazing grass. 



S. imberbis, Roem. aud Schult. 



Veld. 10-20 in. high, spikes violet-whitish. Summer. A. Dii'lrrlen, 

 182 ! ; Van Reenen, 5-6000 ft., March, Wood, 5991 ; near the Tugela 

 Elver, 6000 ft., Buchanan, 176; banks of the Little Pot River, 

 4550 ft., March, Galpin, 6888 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Queenstown. Komgha. Griqualand 

 West. Transvaal (near Lydenburg). Rhodesia (Matopos). 



SESUTO : 'Mo/a ntso'e. The binder of the sugar-cane. When the 

 sugar-ca.ne is cut in autumn this grass is used to make binders to tie 

 together the bundles of cane. Makes very good hay. 



S. verticillata, Beauv. 



Mountain slopes in 'caves aud rocks. 15-40 in. high, spikes greenish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 297 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Albany. Graaff Reiriet. Transkei. 

 Tembuland. Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, Lydenburg, Zoutpans 

 Berg). 



SESUTO : Bohnme ba lipoti. The " Bohome ' of the goats. 

 " Bohome " derived from the verb "ho homa " to stick to. Goats 

 are fond of this grass, aud the spikelets are commonly to be found 

 adhering to their bodies ; hence the above Sesuto name. Shepherds 

 use this grass to weave hats with. 



PENNISETUM, P, />. 

 P. typhoideum, Rich. 



Cultivated. 4-6 ft. high, spikes brownish. Summer. A. Dit'tt-rlfii, 

 690! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cultivated by the natives in South Africa. 



SESUTO : Nyalotliie. Meaning unknown. A very intoxicating beer 

 is made from the grains. A medicine is prepared from it and given 

 to cows which are not completely delivered at the birth of their calves. 

 Said to have been introduced into Basutolaud from Zululand. 



P. sphacetalum, Durand and Sclrinz. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes and veld, spikes whitish, 15-38 in. 

 high. Spring-Summer, A. Dieterlen, 560 ! ; Leribe, mountain slopes 

 south of the Mission Station, very common, Phillips, 651 ! ; Drakeus- 

 bergen, Satsanna Berg, 9300 ft., March, Galpin, 6889 ! ; Van Reeneu, 

 5-6000 ft., March, Wood, 5980. 



