Flora of tlie Leri.be Pf/ifru// and Environ*. 77 



December, Flanagan, 1941 ! ; Brakwaal, foot of Drakensburg, 5000 ft., 

 November, Wood, 6604. 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Lesita-tlali. He who overcomes lightning. This plant 

 and Buclienroedera viminea are burnt and the ashes mixed with water, 

 everything and everybody in the village is then sprinkled with the 

 mixture and are then supposed to be immune to lightning. The 

 brush used for the sprinkling is called a " lechoba," and is made from 

 the long hairs at the end of an ox's tail. If the tail of a brindled 

 gnu is used the charm is believed to be more effective. 



var. 



Banks of streamlets in the CaledonEauge (spur of Drakensbergen), 

 Conquered Territory, c. 6150 ft., January, flowers yellow, Thode, 8 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



CROTALARIA, Linn. 



C. distans, Benth. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 6-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 495 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Bechuanaland. 



SESUTO: Mo<~>kana. Meaning unknown. Thotsana. A small seed. 

 Musapelo a mosehlanyana. The yellowish comforter. Together with 

 Erytkrina Zeyheri, Harv., it is used to make a " thato " or charm 

 which enters certain medicines. 



CYTISUS, Lin,,. 



C. natalensis, Bolus. 



Natal. Bushman's River Pass, c. 6300 ft., November, A. Bolus, in 

 Herb. Bolus, 10456 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



ARGYROLOBIUM, E. & Z. 



A . longifolium, Walp. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft., December, Bolus, 8146 1 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Elandspruitbergj. 



A. tuberosum, E. & Z. 



Mountain, slopes. 6-14 in. high, flowers brown and yellow. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 590 ! ; Ravine on west slopes of Leribe plateau, alae and 

 carina yellow, vexillum brown, Phillips, 669!; Bester's Vlei, near 



