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SESUTO : Moomang o monyenyaiie. The small " Moomaug." Musa 

 pelo o monyenyane. The small comforter. See Melolobium alpinum. 



On this sheet was mounted a specimen (fruiting) belonging to a 

 different species, which owing to lack of material I was unable to 

 determine. 



A. cf. A. tuberosum, E. & Z. 



Mountain slopes, 4-8 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 521 ! ; Left's Kloof, IST.E. slopes of Leribe plateau, flowers yellow. 

 Phillips, 825 ! 



SESUTO : Malimantsoetlana. Meaning unknown. The native children 

 sometimes chew the roots. 



This is probably A. tuberosum, E. & Z., but the material is poor. 

 The plant has a long tuberous root sometimes exceeding 1 ft. in length. 



A. sp. (cf. A. pumilum E. & Z.). 



Tsitsa Footpath, Ben Me Dhui and Satsanna Berg, 7900-9750 ft., 

 March. Galpin, 6606, 6607. 



A. sp. (deflorate,). 



Summit Ben McDhui, 9900 ft., March, Galpin, 6605. 



MEDICAGO, Linn. 



M. laciniata, All. 



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

 A. Dieterlen, 147 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Swellendam. Uitenhage. Albany. Graaff 

 Reinet. Griqualand West. 



SESUTO : Bohomenyana. The small " Bohonie." Derived from the 

 verb " ho homa " to adhere or stick to, referring to the spiny fruits 

 which adhere to the clothes. The plant is well ground and as an 

 infusion is used as a love philtre. 



TRIFOLIUM, Linn. 



T. africanum, Ser. var. glabellum, Harv. 



Veld, river banks and mountain slopes. A creeping plant, 6-30 in. 

 long. Summer Autumn. A Dieterlen, 94!; In stream on Leribe 

 plateau, flowers red, Phillips, 803 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 

 5400 ft., December, Bolus, 8148 ! ; Marsh at base of Doodman's Krans 

 Mtn., 8500 ft., March, Galpin, 6608 ! ; near Buffalo River Waterfall, 

 8200 ft., March, Galpin, 6609 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. East Griqualand. 



