48 Annals of the South African Museum. 



flowers yellow, Phillips, 792 !, south slopes of Leribe plateau, flowers 

 yellow, Phillips, 905 ! 914 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : George. Uitenhage. Aliwal North. Komgha. 

 East G-riqualaiid. Natal. Transvaal (Lydenburg, Pietersburg). 

 Swaziland. Bulawayo. 



SESUTO : BohloJcvanyane. Small pain. Used in medicine. 



MALVACEAE. 



MALVA, Linn. 



M. parviflora, Linn. 



Veld, near villages, 3-12 in. high, flowers pale mauve. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, llOa! 



DISTRIBUTION : An introduced weed. 



SESUTO: Mosalasupe. He who remains on the ruins. Qena. Grive 

 up a trip. TiJca-motse. Surround the village. Thiba-pitsa. Stop the 

 pot. Used for making a kind of cement for mending broken pots. 

 Also used as a lotion for bathing bruised limbs. 



This plant is an exact match with a specimen in our herbarium, 

 collected near Cape Town, and labelled in Harvey's handwriting 

 M. parviflora, Linn. 



M. verticillata, Linn. 



Mountain slopes and veld near villages, 8-35 in. high, flowers pale 

 mauve. Summer- Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 11 Ob ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : An introduced weed. 

 SESUTO : See M. parviflora, Linn. 



ABUTILON, Gaertn. 



A sonnei^tianum, Sweet. 



Mountain slopes, 8-22 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer-Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 453 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Naniaqualaud Minor. Swellendam. Uitenhage. 

 G-raaff Eeinet. Beaufort West. Komgha. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Orange Free State (Bloemfonteiu). Transvaal (Kusteuburg). Bechu- 

 analand. 



SESUTO: Lechea-ne. Derived from the verb " hochea " to grow 

 plentifully in one place and yet widely spread. Used as a stimulant 

 for bulls in the spring. 



