62 Annals of the South African Museum. 



above specimens as follows : 0. convexula, Jacq. Phillips, 767, Burke, 

 441. O. convexula, Jacq. var. pnbescens. Dieterlen, 170, Flanagan, 

 1936. 0. convexula, Jacq. var. htsplila. Wood, 3505. 



0. setosa, E. Mey. 



Tsita footpath, Drakensbergen, 0900 ft., March, Gulpin, 6596!; in 

 valley at base of Doodman's Kraus, c. 8500 ft., March, flowers piiik. 

 Galpin, 6594 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Belfast). Rhodesia (G-welo). 



0. Smithii, Sond. 



Under rocks or shrubs on mountain slopes and ravines. 3-13 in. 

 high, flowers pink to mauve. March. A. Dieterlen, 540 ! 879 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Albanv. Komgha. Natal. Transvaal. 



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(Barber ton). 



0. corniculata, Linn. 



Mountain slopes. 2-16 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring-Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 171 !; south slopes of Leribe plateau above Khaniane, 

 flowers yellow, Phillips, 915 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Albany. Somerset East. Aliwal North. 

 Komgha. Tembulancl. Natal. Transvaal (Rustenburg). 



SESUTO : Bolila ba thaba. Sorrel (or sourness) of the snakes. A 

 medicine for snake-bite. The bitten limb is washed with water mixed 

 with this plant and a ligature tied above the bite. The patient must 

 be carried across a stream, as the injured portion of the body must not 

 touch water, otherwise the wound will smell. 



ERODIUM, L'Her. 



Erodium cicutariu.ni ? L'Her. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 3-20 in high, flowers mauve. Spring. 

 A. Dieterlen, 642! 



DISTRIBUTION : An introduced weed. 



SESUTO : Makorotsvane. 



OLACINEAE. 

 CASSINOPSIS, Sond. 



C. capensis, Sond. 



Mountain slopes and ravines. Tree, 8-12 ft. high, flowers green. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 345 ! ; tree, frequent, Phillips, 596 ! 



