7(! A/II/II/S of the South African Museum. 



SESUTO : Sehlabane. He who pricks. Mofahla-toebu. He who 

 offends the mouse. The plant is placed under the big grain baskets 

 ;uid the thorns keep mice away. Bushes are burnt in a sick room and 

 the smoke acts as a fmnigator. 



var. decumbens. 



Grassy slopes of " Matelas Peak," c. 7200 ft., January, Thode, 11 ! ; 

 Bushman's Eiver Valley, 6-8000 ft., October, Wylie in Herb. Wood, 

 10656. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



M. alpinum, Linn. 



Mountain slopes. 8-30 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 552 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6000 ft., December, 

 Flanagan, 1937 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Molteno. East Griqualand. Natal. 



SESUTO: 'Musa pelo o moholo. The big " Musapelo." Motsnrhla. 

 He who oozes. Derived from " ho busa " to bring back, and "pelo " 

 the heart. Should be " Mo-busa-pelo " he who brings back the heart 

 or courage. This name is given to many Legumiuosae, which are 

 largely used by witch-doctors and others in Basutoland as a sedative 

 for comforting persons who have passed through great sorrow (e. g. a 

 mother at the death of her child), or who are depressed and sad. The 

 medicine is supposed to make the person forget his sorrow and to 

 encourage him to be happy again. It is administered to all heathen 

 Basutos after the death of a near relative. 



M. obcordatum, Harv. 



Mountain slopes. 6-25 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. 

 Dieterltn, 558 ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, flowers yellow, Phillips, 967 ! ; near 

 Buffalo River Waterfall, 7500 ft., March, GaJpin, 6604 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Linavana tsa thaba. The small beans of the mountain. 



M. Pegleri, Dii miner. 



Grassy hills between Matela and the Caledon River, c. 6150 ft., 

 January, plant clammy, flowers yellow, Thode, 9 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



DICHILUS, DC. 



D. strictus, E. Mey. 



Ravines and mountain slopes. Flowers yellow. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 379 ! ; Eland's River, at the foot of the Mout-aux-Sources, 5600 ft,, 



