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DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Uniondale. Uitenhage. Port Eliza- 

 beth. Alexandria. Albany. Queeustown. Somerset East. Graaft' 

 Reinet. Stockenstroom. Tembuland. Natal. Orange Free State. 

 Transvaal (Spitkop). 



SESUTO : Mara-pshane. Meaning unknown. Marotlo a lithota. The 

 "Marotlo " of the plains. The inflorescence is called a " Motheue " 

 crown, and is plaited and worn as a crown by children. A grazing 

 grass much liked by cattle. 



CHLORIS, Sw. 



C. virgata, Swartz. 



Veld, gardens and roadsides. 10-30 in. high, spikes whitish. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 428!; Caledon River, Burin*., 429 ; 

 Thaba Uncliu, Burke; Van Reenen, 5-6000 ft., Wood, 5990. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Queeustown. Aberdeen. G-raaff Reinet. 

 Colesberg. Richmond. Albert. Herbert. Komgha. Transkei. 

 Natal. Orange Free State (near Oliphant's Fontein). Transvaal 

 (near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Sehabane. Meaning unknown. 



C. petraea, Thunb. 



Mountain slopes. 6-33 in. high, spikes brown. Summer- Autumn. 



Uncommon. A. Dieterlen, 564! ; mountain slopes behind the Mis- 

 sion Station, Phillips, 548! 



DISTRIBUTION : Caledou. Riversdale. Uitenhage. Alexandria. 

 Albany. Queeustown. Graaff Reiuet. Albert. Hay. Tembuland. 

 Natal. Orange Free State. Bechuanalaud. 



SESUTO: Sebokimyana. The small " Seboku.'' Meaning unknown. 



ELEUSINE, Gaertn. 

 E. indica, Gaertn. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 6-20 in. high, spikes greenish. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 226 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Albany. Komgha. Tembuland. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Johannesburg). Delagoa Bay. 



SESUTO: Moseli. Derived from the verb " ho sela " to look for 

 food. Monyakhomo. Meaning not quite clear, but it may mean that 

 the " Khomo " (cattle) remain behind to eat it, cattle being very fond 

 of this plant. The fruits eaten in time of famine. 



