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DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Tulbagh. Worcester. Cathcart. Transvaal 

 (Magaliesberg, Holfontein. Houtbosch, near Klippau). 



A. Burkei, Stapf. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 12-28 in. high, spikes gi-eyish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 199a ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, Phillips, 948! 



DISTRIBUTION : Orange Free State (near the Vaal River, near 

 Hoopstad) . 



SESUTO : Lefti'lo. A broom. Used for making brooms. A bunch 

 of this grass is used for sprinkling sick persons with a certain 

 medicine, and it is believed that by so doing the illness is swept 

 away from the body, as a broom sweeps dust from a room. 



A. bipartita, Rupr. & Trin. 



Basutoland, Buchanan, 125. 



DISTRIBUTION : Fort Beaufort. Somerset East. Natal. Orange 

 Free State (Vaal River, Bloemfontein). 



A. congesta, Roem. & Schult. 



Veld. 15-24 in. high, spikes greenish. Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 

 383 ! ; mountain slopes, south of the Mission Station, frequent, 

 Phillips, 655!; south slopes of Leribe plateau above Khaniane, 

 Phillips, 898!; Leribe, Buchanan, 149. 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Uitenhage. Queeustown. Somerset 

 East. Graaff Reiuet. Colesberg. Albert. Natal. Prieska. 

 Griqualand West. Orange Free State (Great Vet River, Bloem- 

 fontein). Transvaal (Lydenburg, Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Phutha-Ukhnba. Gathered by lazy peo'ple, Phutha-mahlasoa. 

 Gathered bv careless people. Some of the natives, too lazy to search 

 for A. Adscensionis, A. Burkei or Eragrostis gummiflua, Nees, which 

 make good brooms, collect this grass instead for making brooms. 



A. vestita, Thunb. 



Basutolaud, Leribe, Buchanan, 124. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Swellendam. Uitenhage. Alexandria. 

 Cathcart. Queeustown. Prince Albert. Aberdeen. Somerset East. 

 Graaff Reinet. Colesberg. Albert. Hay. Transvaal (Lydenburg, 

 Potgieter's Rust, Aapie's River). 



A. Galpinii, Stapf. 



Ben McDhui, 9400 ft., Galpin, 6900. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



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