Flora of the Leribe Plateau, and Environs. 45 



D. crenatus, Thuiib. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., Flanagan, 1861 

 DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Albany. Komgha. Tembuland. 



East G-riqualand. Natal. 



3. D. pectinatus, E. Mey. 



Bester's Vlei, near Harrismith, 5500 ft., December, Bolus, 8124 

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



(Pretoria, J ohaimesburg) . 



SILENE, LI 11 n. 



S. capensis, Ott. 



Mountain slopes and sides of dongas. Herb, 8-25 in. high, flowers 

 white. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 28 !; without precise ocality, Cooper \; 

 ravine on west slopes of Leribe plateau, flowers white, occasional, 

 Phillips, 606 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Clanwilliam. Cape. Caledon. 

 Alexandria. Murray sburg. Beaufort West. Komgha. Natal. Orange 

 Free State (Vryburg). Transvaal (Rustenburg). 



SESUTO : MolokdloTco. In sucessiou. LetomoJcoana. The small 

 " Letomoko." Likomana and Lithotana. Small boxes or baskets. 

 Shetla la morolte. The soft bone of "Moroke" (a proper name). 

 Kvagi'lu. Meaning unknown. Used as a medicine in many diseases, 

 especially in cases of fever and delirium. 



S. Burchellii, Ott. 



Mountain slopes, 5-20 in. high, flowers pule mauve. Spring. A. 

 Diderlen, 362 ! 610 !; Ben McDhui, 9250-9500 ft., March, Galpin, 

 6583. 



DISTRIBUTION : Malmesbury. Cape. Caledou. Uitenhage. 

 Albany. Graaff Reiuet. Molteuo. Trauskei. East Griqualand. 

 Natal. Transvaal (Rustenburg, Mooifonteiu, Johannesburg). 



SESUTO: Lepatla. Derived from the verb ' hobatla " to search. 

 Lithnfruini. Small baskets. Kopane. Derived from the verb "ho 

 kopa " to surround. Used in the compounding of various medicines. 



CEEASTIUM, Linn. 



C. dregeanum, Feuzl. 



Mountain slopes, flowers white, January. Malavaneng. A. Dieterlen, 

 935 ! ; Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January, Flanagan, 2076 ! ; Ben 

 McDhui, 9900 ft., March, Galpin, 6585 ! ; Doodman's Kraus Mtn., 

 8500-9650 ft., March, Gul L >ln, 6585a! 



