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SESUTO : Pelo li maroba. The hearts have holes (or are pierced). 

 The name given in reference to the roots being eaten by worms in 

 .summer. The cooked roots are given in cases of palpitation of the 

 heart. 



On examining many specimens of this species I am unable to 

 satisfactorily divide them into the varieties proposed by Harvey and 

 so have not adopted them, though the specimen No. 333 would be 

 included in his var. angustifolia, and No. 129, which has larger leaves, 

 perhaps in var. hirsuta. 



T. sp. 



Veld and mountain slope. 8-20 in. high, flowers carmine. Spring- 

 summer. A. Dieterlen, 175 ! 



SESUTO : Tsoetla. Tsoetsoetlela. Malintsoetla. Malsoetintsoetla. 

 Meanings unknown. Native children are fond of the roots of this 

 plant and go long distances to find them. The shepherd boys say 

 that it relieves thirst. The fibre is used to make ropes. As a charm 

 for children, the ground roots are put in incisions made on the body. 



SUTHEELANDIA, Br. 



S. frutescens, E. Br. 



Mountain slopes and banks of rivers. 3-6 ft. high, flowers bright 

 red. Spring. Letlapeug, Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 643 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Van Ehynsdorp. Clanwilliam. Tulbagh. Cape. 

 Swellendatn. Molteno. Transvaal. 



SESUTO : 'Musa-pelo oa noku. The comforter of the river. Used as 

 an infusion for dropsy of the heart. 



LESSEETIA, DC. 



L. perennans, DC. 



Damp spots on the mountain slopes. 18-30 in. high, flowers mauve, 

 Summer- Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 360!; slopes of ravine on the west 

 slopes of Leribe plateau, 1-2 ft. high, flowers pink, Phillips, 587 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Komgha. East G-riqualaud. Natal. 



SESUTO : 'Musa pelo o moholo oa liliba. The great comforter of the 

 springs. See Melolobium alpinum, Linn. 



L. polystachya, Harv. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., December, Flanagan, 

 1882 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Magaliesberg). 



Flanagan's plant is not so hoary as the type (Zeyher, 460) and the 



