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SESUTO : tierakne. Derived from the verb " ho raka " to come first. 

 Mabcle a litsoere. The Sorgho (Kaffir-corn) of the Cape canary. 



F. sp. 



Plateau. Splices greenish. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 916 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic ? 

 SESUTO : Lekoloyane. Meaning- unknown. 



Dr. Stapf: reports " Festuca, near F. costata, but ovary glabrous. 

 Material insufficient." 



BROMUS, Linn. 

 B. leptoclados, Nees. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 30-44 in. high, spikes greenish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 756 ! ; ravine on west slopes of Leribe plateau, 

 occasional, Phillies, 607 ! ; near Leribe, Buchanan, 222 ; Kraai River, 

 4-5000 ft., Drege. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Swellendam. Bedford. Natal. 



SESUTO : Lehola. A weed. Grazed by cattle and horses, and makes 

 good hay. Said by the natives to have been introduced into 

 Basutoland. 



B. speciosus, Nees. 



Leribe plateau. Spikes greenish. February. A. Dieterlen, 977 !; 

 summit of Drakensbergeu between Doodman's Krans and Satsanna 

 Berg, 8600-9550 ft., Galpin, 6905. 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. King William's Town. 



SESUTO : Yoanij !><t lint/a. The grass of dogs. Grazed by cattle. 



Dr. Stapf, who kindly examined the specimen, reports : " Status 

 foliis latis planis paniculae rarnis scaberuli, sed vix varietatis titulo 

 clignus." 



B. firmior, Stapf. var. leiorhachis, Stapf. 



Witteberg, near Harrismith, Buchanan, 265. 

 DISTRIBUTION : King William's Town. 



B. uniloides, H.B.K. 



Leribe. 12-20 in. high, spikes green. Summer. A Dieterlen, 

 251 A and B ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Port Elizabeth. Albany. Queenstown. 

 Natal. Transvaal (near Pretoria, near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Lehola. A weed. Yoang ba lintja. The grass of the 



dogs. A good grazing grass and makes good hay. The natives 

 believe this grass to have been introduced into Basutoland. 



