14 Annul* of the South- African Museum. 



M. alticola, Schltr. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoelc, 5800-6700 ft,, December, 

 Flanagan, 1842 ! Bolus, 8123 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. 



M. Flanagan!, Bolus (= M. ecornuta, N. E. Br.). 



Summit Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January, Flanagan, 2020!, 

 October, .4. Bolus \ Mann in Herb. Marloth, 2871 ! 2881 ! ; Natal, Van 

 Keenen, 6-7000 ft., Wood, 5699 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



M. saxicola, Chodat. 



Mont-aux-Sources, 6000 ft, October, A. Bolus in Herb. Guthrie, 



4775 ! ; Bushman's Eiver Valley, 6-8000 ft,, October, Wylie in Herb. 



Wood, 10632 ! ; Catkin Peak, Drakeusbergen, 8500-9000 ft., West- in 



Herb. Musei Austro-Afric., 4555!; Van Reenen, 6900 ft,, Schltr., 



6934! 



DISTRIBUTION : East G-riqualand. 



This is a plant which I described as M. Westi (Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 

 ix, iii, 13), but the above name has priority. 



M. sp. 



Bushman's Caves, Drakeusbergen, 7-8000 ft., Evans, 666. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



DIANTHUS, Linn. 



D. scaber, Thunb. 



Mountain slopes and plateau, 7-20 in. high, flowers pale pink. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 184!; slopes of ravine between the Mission 

 Station and Jonathan's Village, Phillips, 556 !, south slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, above Khaniane, flowers pale pink, Phillips, 874!, Qoqolosi 

 Peak, flowers pink, Phillips, 976 ! ; Ben McDhui and Doodman's Krans 

 Mtn., 9900 ft., March, Galpin, 6581 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Clanwilliam. Worcester. Tulbagh. 

 George. Uitenhage. G-raaff Reinet. Beaufort West, Aliwal North. 

 Natal. Orange Free State. Transvaal (Pretoria, Johannesburg). 

 Bechuanaland (Kuruman) . 



SESUTO : TloJenfiloane. Big froth. Moqo o. Derived from the 

 verb " ho qolla " to choose. Used as a medicine for chest pains. It 

 is also supposed to relieve one's fears and emotions. 



