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S. fimbriatus, Nees. 



Sides of doiigas. 20-36 in. high, spikes dark grey. March. A. 

 Dieterlen, 880 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Graaff Reiuet. Somerset East. Coles- 

 berg. Natal. Griqualand West. Orange Free State (Wiiiburg). 

 Transvaal (neat- Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Matolo a maholo. The big knots in the stems. In time 

 of famine the " seeds " are used to make a kind of pap. A grazing 

 grass. 



POGONARTHRIA, Stapf. 

 P. falcata, Rendle. 



In a field, near the Caledou River. A. Dieterlen, 837 ! ; Leribe, 

 Buchanan, 128. 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Griqualand West. Orange Free State 

 (Oliphant's Fonteiu, Great Vet River, Bloemfonteiu). Transvaal 

 (Bosch Veld, near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Mongoyane. Little dampness. 



DIPLACHNE, Beauv. 

 D. Eleusine, Nees. 



Basutoland. Leribe, Bitchanan, 232. 



DISTRIBUTION : Fort Beaufort. Komgha. Tembuland. Transkei. 

 Natal. 



D. fusca, Beauv. 



Basutoland. Leribe, Buchanan, 135. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Mossel Bay. Oudtshoorn. Uitenhage. 

 Albany. Prince Albert, Somerset East. Graaff Reinet. Queens- 

 town. King William's Town. Komgha. Griqualand West. 

 Bechuanalaiid, Transvaal (Klippan, Oliphaiits' Poort). 



D. biflora, Hack. var. Buchanan!, Stapf. 



Basutoland, Leribe, Buchanan, 219. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



ERAGROSTIS, Beauv. 



E. caesia, Stapf. 



Mountain slopes. 15-26 in. high, spikes greyish. Autumn. A. 

 Dieterlen, 779!; Leribe plateau, February, A. Dieterlen, 977a! ; Ben 

 McDhui, 9400 ft,, March, Galpin, 6923. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cathcart. Natal. 



