56 Annals of the South African Museum. 



CORCHORUS, Linn. 



C. asplenifolius, Burch. 



Thaba Unchu, Zeyher, 148 ! 417 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. Natal. Hope Town. Orange 

 Free State (near Parys, nearModder River). Transvaal (Rusteiiburg, 

 Barberton). Bechuanaland (Kuruman, Mafeking). Rhodesia (Vic- 

 toria Falls). 



LINEAE. 



L1NUM, Linn. 



L. Thunbergii, E. & Z. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 7-20 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 444!; damp spots near stream on plateau, 

 flowers yellow, Phillips, 794 !, Lefi's Kloof, N.E. slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, Phillips, 843 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft., 

 December, Solus, 8130 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tulbagh. Cape. George. Uitenhage. Albany. 

 Graaff Reinet. Aliwal North. Komgha. Transkei. Tembuland. 

 Pondoland. Natal. Transvaal (Middelberg). Swaziland. 



SESUTO : Bohlukvana. The small pain. Used in medicine to relieve 

 pain and as a cure for snake- bite. A charm to prevent accidents 

 befalling huts and cultivated lands. 



ZYGOPHYLLACEAE. 

 TRIBULUS, Linn. 



T. terrestris, Linn. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 6-25 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 127! 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Namaqualand Minor. Clanwilliam. 

 Cape. Uitenhage. Murraysburg. Graaff Reiuet. Natal. Calvinia. 

 Griqualand West (Herbert). Bechuanaland (Mafeking). Rhodesia 

 (Bulawayo). 



SESUTO : Tsehlo. Meaning unknown. Used together with Andro- 

 pogon contortus for rheumatism. 



