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DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Somerset East. Aliwal North. 

 Korngha. Transkei. Orange Free State (Winberg). Transvaal 

 (Pretoria). 



P. Thunbergii, Kunth., var. Galpinii, Stapf. 



Damp spots. 15-38 in. high, spikelets reddish. Spring-Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 606 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Cape. Caledon. Uitenhage. 

 Cathcart. Graaff Reinet. Worcester. Transvaal (near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Lfli.ufe. Meaning unknown. TJiita.poho. Strong as a bull. 



ANTHEPHORA, Schreb. 

 A. pubescens, Nees. 



Leribe, Buchanan, 134. 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Griqualand West. Transvaal 

 (Lydenburg). 



TRICHOLAENA, Schrad. 

 T. setifolia, Stapf. 



Yeld and mountain slopes. 10-25 in. high, spikes white or pink. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 215a ! ; 215b ! ; mountain slopes behind the 

 Mission Station, very common, .Phillips, 503 ! ; slopes of ravine 

 between the Mission Station and Jonathan's Village, glumes pink, 

 occasional, Phillips, 569 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Caledon. Uniondale. Uiteuhage. Alexandria. 

 Albany. Queenstown. Somerset East. Graaff Reinet. Komgha. 

 Tembuland. Natal. GTriqualand West. Transvaal (Johannesburg, 

 Pretoria, Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Mohlaha-pele. He who appears first. Lechocho. Meaning 

 unknown. Ntlo ea thaha. The house of the Pyromelana oryx. The 

 glumes are used by this bird for building its nest. Grazed by cattle. 



ARUNDINELLA, Ead.Ji. 

 A. Ecklonii, Nees. 



Along water-courses. 3-4 ft. high, spikes greyish-red. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 207 ! ; ravine on west slopes of plateau, 

 Phillips, 604 !, 705 ! ; Nelson's Kop, 5-6000 ft., March, Wood, 6003 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : George. Uitenhage. Cathcart. Queenstown. 

 Komgha. Natal. Transvaal (Johannesburg). 



SESUTO : Mahlabtmane. Meaning unknown. In summer this grass 

 becomes bitter and is not much liked by cattle. Used in compounding 

 many medicines and also to prepare a lotion for washing wounds. 



