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DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Somerset East. King William's 

 Town. Komgha. Natal. Transvaal (Barberton, Fountain Grove, 

 Elandspruitbergen) . 



SESUTO : Hotale. The green one. So named because it is an 

 evergreen tree. Used for building huts. 



ILICINEAE. 

 ILEX, Linn. 



I. capensis, Sond. & Harv. 



Mountain slopes and ravines. Tree, flowers cream. Spring- 

 Summer. Thaba Phatsoa, Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 62 ! ; Leribe, 

 A. Dieterlen, 392 ! ; ravine on west slopes of Leribe plateau, occa- 

 sional, Phillips, 726 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Worcester. Cape. Stelleubosch. Swellendam. 

 Port Elizabeth. Albany. ' Komgha. Stutterheim. Transkei. King 

 William's Town. Natal. Transvaal (Botsabelo, Barberton, Zout- 

 pansberg). Rhodesia (Mazoe). 



SESUTO: Moldij a plwfu. The bleating of the eland. Phulclu. 

 Derived from the verb " ho phukha " to break easily. Used for 

 firewood. Employed by the witch-doctors in conjunction with the 

 divining bones to prevent a sick person being bewitched. Given as an 

 enema to children suffering from colic. 



CELASTKLNEAE. 

 GYMNOSPORIA, Wight & Am. 



O. (Celastrus peduncularis, Sond.) 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5600 ft., December, Bolus, 

 8136! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. Stutterheim. King William's Town. 

 Komgha. Natal. 



According to Galpin used by Kaffirs for making fighting-sticks. 



G. acumiiiata, Szysz. (C. acuminatus, Linn.) 



Mountain slopes and ravines. Tree, flowers greenish. Spring. 

 Thaba Phatsoa, Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 553 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Stellenbosch. Caledou. Swellendam. Port 

 Elizabeth. Albany. King William's Town. Komgha. Transkei. 

 Tembuland. Natal. Swaziland. 



SESUTO : Tsikane. Derived from " litsika " threads. Tepo. Glue. 



