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526 !, Lefi's Kloof, N.E. slopes of Leribe plateau, frequent, Phillips, 

 842 !, south slopes of Leribe plateau, above Khaniane, Phillips, 892 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Cradock. Murraysburg. Teinbuland. 



SESUTO: Ts'ilabelo. Ntsilabelo. Tstlabele. The three names applied 

 to this plant are derived from the verb " hotsila " to smell, and 

 " mabele " grain. Branches are used for making brooms and build- 

 ing enclosures. Used by the witch-doctors for rain making and as a 

 medicine for diarrhoea in men and cattle. 



R. Zeyheri, Sond. 



Mountain slopes. Shrub, flowers whitish. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 17a! 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (Pretoria, Magaliesberg) . 



SESUTO : Kolitsana. See B. divaricata, E. & Z. 



R. viminalis, Vahl. var. Gerrardi, Engl. 



Mountain slopes and ravines. Tree, flowers yellow. Summer. 

 Khanyane, Leribe District. A. Dieterlen, 691 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Mosilabele. See R. erosa, Thunb. Used for building huts. 



R. dregeana, Sond. 



Near Buffalo Eiver Waterfall, 7130 ft., March, Gcdpin, 6599 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION: Mooiplaats. (Legit, Drege). 



R. lucida, Linn. 



Bushman's Eiver Valley, 6-8000 ft., Wood, 10635 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Caledon. Eiversdale. Albany. 



R. Burchellii, Soud. 



Mountain slopes and ravines. 2 A ft. high, flowers yellowish. 

 Summer, A. Dieterlen, 581 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Clanwilliani. Murraysburg. Aliwal 

 North. 



SESUTO : Mokhoa-phiri or Mokhoa-mphin. Derived from the verb 

 " ho Khoaphi ritsa " to scratch (the plant being thorny). The 

 Sesuto names are the same word pronounced differently, as e. g. Ellen, 

 Helen. 



R. Sonderi, Engl. var. pilosa, Engl. 



Mountain slopes. Shrub, flowers cream. Spring-Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 76a ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Transvaal (Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Mabelebele. See R. dentata, Thuiib. 



