Flora of the Leribe Plateau and Environs. 



IX. LIST OF SPECIES OCCURRING IN THE EASTERN 

 MOUNTAIN REGION, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW 

 SPECIES. 



DICOTYLEDONS. 



RANUNCULACEAE. 



CLEMATIS, Linn. 



C. brachiata, Thunb. 



Mountain Slopes. A creeping or climbing plant, 3-9 ft. high, 

 flowers white and sweet scented. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 90 ! climber 

 on trees in ravine, Phillips, 727 ! slopes of Lefi's Kloof, a climber, 

 flowers white, Phillips, 813 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Swellenclam. Uitenhage. Albany. Mur- 

 raysburg. Somerset East. Komgha. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Rustenberg) . 



SESUTO : Morarana oa mafehlo. The creeper for the churning sticks. 

 The woody part of the plant, being strong and supple, is used for making 

 chm'uing sticks. 



THALICTRUM, Linn. 



1. T. minus, Linn. 



Dongas and mountain slopes. Flowers green. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 380! Caledon River, Zehyer, 41! Doodman's Krans 

 Mountain, 8700 ft,, March, Galpin, 6568 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Aliwal North. Griqualand West 

 (near Kimberley). 



SESUTO : Lefdkotsane. The small feeble one. Tl<~>rv ea ngvale. The 

 hat of the " ngvale." A " ngvale " is a girl of the initiation school. 

 The plant is used as a vegetable in the young state. 



2. T. rhynchocarpum, D. & R. 



De Beer's Pass, Drakensbergen, 5-6000 ft., Wood, 5971 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. East Griqualand. Transvaal (Pilgrim's 

 Rest). 



ANEMONE, Linn. 



A. Fanninii, Harv. 



Eland's River Valley, near the Mont-aux-Sources, 6000 ft., Flanagan, 

 2126! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



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