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bright yellow. Early Spring. A. Dieterlen, 519a ! ; Basutoland, without 

 precise locality, Cooper, 745. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Senamanana. He who creeps. Mixed with other plants 

 it is used as a cure for bronchitis in children. 



L. calycina, Benth. 



Veldt and mountain slopes, 5-10 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 280 ! ; Thaba TJnchu, BurJce, 436. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Somerset East. Albany. Stocken- 

 stroom. KingWilliam'sTown. Komgha. Pou-doland. Natal. Zululand. 



SESUTO : Nomele, from " ho uama " to extend, to spread, to be 

 stretched. Mixed with other plants, especially L. versicolor, Benth., 

 it is used as a preparation in the cure of bronchitis in childi'en. 



L. basutica, Phillips, sp. nov. ( Leptis.) Planta pusilla. Radix plus 

 quani 20 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Rami pubescentes. Folia trifoliolata, 

 stipulata, petiolata, 1-4 cm., longa. Stipidae solitariae, 4-8 mm. longae, 

 r5-3 mm. latae, ovatae, lanceolatae vel oblanceolatae, subacuminatae, 

 apice acutae, pubescentes. Foliola l-3'2 cm. longa, -3-1-2 cm. lata, 

 elliptica, lanceolata, lanceolato-elliptica vel oblanceolato-elliptica, apice 

 acuta vel obtusa, pubescentia. Flores solitarii, terminates vel axillares. 

 Lobi calycis 6-7 mm. longi, T5-2 mm. lati. lanceolati, acuminati, apice 

 acuti, dense pubescentes ; tubus 4 mm. longus, campanulatus. Pedi- 

 cellus 4 mm. longus, teres, pubescens. Vexillum 1 cm. longum, 7 mm. 

 latum, ovatum, apice acutum, glabrum ; alae 8'5 mm. longae, 3 mm. 

 latae, oblongae, apice truncatae ; carina 8'5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 

 apice obtusa. Filamenta 7-8'5 mm. longa ; antherae globosae vel 

 lineares. Ovarium 4 - 5 mm. longum, oblongum, villosum ; stylus 5 mm. 

 longus, arcuatus ; stigma globosuni. Frnctus 1'4 cm. longus, oblongo- 

 linearis, turgidus, sericeo-pubesceus. 



Mountain slopes. 5-10 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 268. Rare, flowers yellow, Phillips, 683. 



SESUTO : Mohlala. 



A dwarf plant with a deep underground cylindric tap root, over 

 20 cm. long and 1 cm. in diameter, with numerous slender branches 

 arising from the upper end. Branches terete, pubescent. Leaves 

 trifoliate, stipulate, petiolate, 1-4 cm. long. Stipules solitary, 4-8 mm. 

 long, l'5-3 mm. broad, ovate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, subacuniinate, 

 acute, pubescent. Median leaflet l'S-3'2 cm. long, -7-l'2 cm. broad, 

 mostly elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse or subobtuse, mucrouate, 

 pubescent ; lateral leaflets, 1-2 cm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, lanceolate, 

 oblanceolate-elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, acute or obtuse, pubescent. 



