34 Annah of the South African Museum. 



RANUNCULUS, Linn. 

 R. pinnatus, Poir. 



Damp spots 011 veld and mountain slopes. Herb, 5-18 in. high, 

 flowers bright yellow. Summer- Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 141 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. George. Uitenhage. Beaufort West. 

 Komgha. Tembuland. Natal. 



SESUTO : Hlapi. Fish. 



R. Meyeri, Harv. 



Banks of water courses. Herb, 1-5 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring- 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 599 ! swampy ground at the base of Doodman's 

 Krans Mountain, 8500 ft., March, Galpin, 6566 ! swampy ground, 

 near Buffalo River Waterfall, 8150 ft., March, Galpin, 6565 ! stream 

 on Leribe plateau, common, flowers yellow, Phillips, 786-! Natal, edge 

 of swamp, Upper Tugela, 5-6000 ft., Wood. 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. King William's Town. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Dordrecht, Stauderton, Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Bolila ba linltu ba metsi. The water-sorrel of the sheep. 

 Said to be likt-d by sheep and goats. 



R. Baurii, MacOw. 



Herb, 10-20 in. high. Slopes of high mountain, Matchachaneug, 

 Botha-Botha. A. Dieterlen, 883 ! without precise locality, Cooper] 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. Natal. 



SESUTO : Qoyoana. The small " qobo," so called on account of the 

 leaves having the shape of those of Gunnera perpensa (Qobo). 



In Madame Dieterleu's specimens there are fruits only, and the 

 leaves are much larger than in the type. 



R. Cooperi, Oliv. 



Mout-aux-Sources, 9300 ft., October, Mann in Herb. Marloth ; 

 2880! 7-9500 ft., January, Flanagan, 2124! 2125! Van Reenen, 

 5-6000 ft., December, Wood, 4537 ! Oliver's Hoek, 5-6000 ft., Wood 

 Ben McDhui, 9200-9600 ft., March, Galpin, 6567 ! A. Bolus in Herb. 

 Guthrie, 4770! 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (Oliphaut's River, 5400 ft., Carolina, 

 5600 ft.). 



R. Drouetii, G-odr. 



River bed at Hlotse. Herb, 10-30 in. high, flowers white, October, 

 A. Dieterlen, 808 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Transvaal (near Ermelo). 



SESUTO : Hlapi ea ndka. The fish of the river. 



