64 Annals of the 8 with African 



Derived from the verb " ho lepoloha " -to trickle down. The wood is 

 used for making walking sticks ; it contains a sticky substance. The 

 bark is used for building huts. 



G. (C. buxifolius, Linn ) 



Mountain slopes and ravines. Bush or small tree, 3-10 ft. high, 

 flowers white or cream. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 75a ! 75b ! ; Ravine 

 on west slopes of Leribe plateau, tree 12-15 ft. high, Phillips, 722 ! 

 Only a few specimens were seen. 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Ciauwilliam. Tulbagh. Cape. Swel- 

 lendam. Uitenhage. Albany. Graaff Reiuet. Oudtshoorn. King 

 William's Town. Komgha. Transkei. Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, 

 Irene, Barberton). 



SESUTO : Sefea-maeba. " Sefea " means strong in throwing stones, 

 " maeba " is a rock dove. There is no explanation as to why the plant 

 is so called. Sefea-maeba se senyenyane. The small " sefea-maeba." 

 Mixed with parts of snakes it is used medicinally as a cure for snake- 

 bite. 



G. (C. albatus, N. E. Br.) 



Mountain slopes and ravines. Tree, flowers green. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 285 ! ; Van Reenen, 5500 ft., November ; Wood, 6362 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (Potatobosch). 



SESUTO : Moqai. Meaning unknown. The wood of this tree is 

 much appreciated for making sticks and knobkerries. Young men 

 who cannot obtain the wood yet call their sticks " Moqai," pretending 

 that they have been made from this tree. 



EHAMNEAE. 

 KEAMNUS, Linn. 



R. prinoides, I/Her. 



Mountain slopes and ravines. Bush, 7-12 ft, high, flowers green. 

 Summer. A Dieterlen, 79 ! ; ravine on west slopes of Leribe plateau, 

 tree, leaves shining green above, pale beneath, Phillip*, 742 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Swellendam. George. Port Elizabeth. Graaff 

 Reinet. Somerset East, Aliwal Nortn. King William's Town. 

 Komgha. Trauskei. Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria). Rhodesia 

 (Broken Hill). 



SESUTO : Nofifi. Darkness. So called on account of the dark 

 green leaves. Branches of this plant are placed on the top of huts, 

 in cattle kraals, or iu the " Lekhotla '" (the court) to prevent harm 

 befalling the inmates. 



