Annals of the South African Mu*<'inn. 



HELIOPHILA, Linn. 



H. suavissima, Buvch. 



Leribe plateau, January, flowers purple or pink. A. Dieterlen, 939 ! 

 partly ; grassy spots on slopes of Mont-aux-Sources, c. 8800 ft., 

 January, Thode, I ! ; near Buffalo Biver Waterfall, 8220 ft., March. 

 Galpiii, 6570; Satsanna Berg, 9400 ft., Galpin, 6571. 



DISTRIBUTION : Port Elizabeth, Graaff Reinet. 



H. rigidiuscula, Sond. 



Mont-aux-Sources, 9950ft., Flanagan ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's 

 Hoek, 6200 ft., Bolus, 8121 ! 6500 ft., December, Flanagan, 1846 ! ; 

 Ben McDhui, 9800 ft,, March, Galpin, 6572. 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Komgha. Transkei. Pondoland. East 

 Grriqualaud. Natal. Transvaal (Barberton, Botsabelo). Swaziland. 



H. sulcata, Conrath. 



Mountain slopes, 8-25 in. high, flowers white. Summer-Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 284! ; common on mountain slopes and plateau, flowers 

 white, Phillips, 675 ! 806 ! 883 ! 927 ! 971 !; Bester's Vlei, near 

 Witzie's Hoek, 6500 ft., December, Flanagan, 1856 ! 5400 ft., Bolus, 

 8120 ! ; Ladybraud, November, Rogers, 714 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualaud Minor. Molteno. Aliwal North. 

 Trausvaal (Johannesburg) . 



SESUTO : 'Musa pelo oa mangope. The comforter of the dongas. 

 Tlolco filvane e Icliolo. The big " tlokofilvaue " (foam or froth). 

 Semanelvana. Derived from the verb " ho uamela " to listen to. 

 Used by the witch doctors for locating pain by means of sound 

 (auscultation), especially in chest complaints. It is supposed to 

 concentrate the pain on one side and thus enable it to be cured. 



H. basutica, Phillips, sp. uov. (Plate V, fig. i). Su/rute.v humilis, 

 5-9 cm. altus. Bamuli scabridi. Folia '9-4 cm. longa, 5-1 '5 mm. 

 lata, linearia, apice acuta vel obtusa, integra. Pechmculus 2-7 cm. 

 longus. iiudus vel foliiferus. Pedicellus circiter 1cm. longus. Sepala 

 5'5-6'5 mm. longa, l'5-2 mm. lata, oblonga, glabra. Petala 1 cm. 

 louga, 4 - 5-6'5 mm. lata, obovata, apice obtusa. Stamina oninia 

 aequalia ; filamenta 4 mm. longa, linearia ; antherae 2'5 mm. longae, 

 oblongae. Ovariuin sessile, 4 mm. lougum, glabrum ; stylus 1'5 mm. 

 longus ; stigma globosum. Fructus ad 4'7-5'5 cm. longus, 3-3'5 mm. 

 latus, plaiius ; margiues rectae vel undulatae. Semina 2-2'25 mm. 

 longa, I 1 5-2 mm. lata, discoidea, fere orbiculata, semi-translucida. 



A dwarf plant 5-9 cm. high, with thick woody underground stems 



