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SESUTO : Se-rata-majoe. He who likes stones. Mnlnlana. Meaning 

 unknown. Used to plait hats and baskets. 



E. curvula, Nee's, var. conferta, Nees. 



Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 352 ! ; mountain slopes behind the Mission 

 Station, Phillips, 501!, 506!, 547!, one of the principal grasses on 

 the slopes ; slopes south of the Mission Station, Phillips, 680 ! ; ravine 

 on west slopes of Leribe plateau, Phillips, 608 ! ; south slopes of 

 Leribe plateau, above Khaniane, Plnllips, 926 ! , 93<> ! ; various 

 localities, Phillips, 645 ! , 650 ! , 658 ! , 681 ! , 955 ! ; near Buffalo River 

 Waterfall, 8200 ft,, Galpin, 6925. 



DISTRIBUTION : Worcester. Swellendain ? Kuysua. Uitenhage. 

 Port Elizabeth. Alexandria. Somerset East. Graaff Reinet. Coles- 

 berg. Wodehouse. Komgha. 



SESUTO : Matolo. Is the singular form of " Letola" meaning knots 

 (nodes ?) in the stem of grasses and Cyperaceae. The fruits called 

 " Moseka " were used by the Basutos in times of war and famine. 

 When referring to those times they say, " When we lived on ' Moseka.' " 



E. lehmanniana, Nees, var. ampla, Stapf. 



Basutoland, Leribe, Buchanan, 141. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



E. chloromelas, Steud. 



Veld. 10-28 in. high, spikes greyish. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 216 ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, Phillips, 945 ! ; Van Reenen, 5-6000 ft., 

 December, Wood, 7221. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cathcart, Queenstown. Graaff Reinet. Somerset 

 East. Wodehouse. Natal. Orange Free State. Transvaal (Hout- 

 bosch, near Potchefstroorn). 



SESUTO : Seritsoane. Meaning unknown. Tlanyane. Derived from 

 the verb " ho tlauya" - to be fond of. A grass very much liked by 

 cattle. The fruits were used as food in times of war and famine. 



E. nebulosa, Stapf. 



Leribe. A. Dieterlen, 317!; between Harrismith and Leribe, 

 Buchanan, 209 ; De Beer's Pass, Wood, 5992 ; between Tent Kop and 

 Antelope Park, 5400 ft, Galpin, 6921. 



DISTRIBUTION : Swellendain. Riversdale. Natal. Orange Free 

 State (Hoopstad). Transvaal (Magaliesbergen). 



SESUTO: Tsane (tsesane). Thin. Mo/e/e/i/jotnn'. Derived from 

 the verb " ho lelemeha " to weave, undulate or crouch on the ground 

 when the wind blows. A grazing grass, and it is used to make ropes 



