Flora of the Leribe Plateau and Environs. 



SESUTO : Nonokotsoai oa basali. The mulberry or raspberry of the 

 women. See also B. rigidus, Sm. 



R. rigidus, Sm. 



Mountain slopes, near rocks. 3-5 ft. high, flowers carmine. 

 Spring-Summer. A, Dieterlen, 20 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Tulbagh. Caledou. Worcester. Swellendani. 

 Knysna. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Komgha. Natal. Transvaal. 



SESUTO : MonoJcotsoai oa banna. The mulberry or raspberry of the 

 men. The fi-uits are edible. A decoction is made from the roots and 

 o-iven when there is acute pain in any illness. The natives believe that 

 the prickly nature of the plant will struggle with the pain and so 

 overcome it. 



GEUM, Linn. 

 G. capense, Thunb. 



Slopes of high mountains. 3-15 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. 

 Malavaueng, Leribe district, A. Dieterlen, 870!; Drakensbergen, 

 Schonghong, A. Dieterlen, 736! ; summit Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft. 

 January, Flanagan, 2123! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. King William's Town. 



SESUTO: Qoyoana ea Lesotho. The small " Qobo " of Basutoland. 

 " Qobo " is Gitnnera perpensa, which resembles this plant in the 

 shape of the leaves. HIapi ea loti. The fish of the high mountain. 

 No. 736 appears to be a dwarf form only 3-8 in. high. 



G.sp. 



Mountain slopes. Flowers yellow. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 899 ! 



SESUTO : HIapi ea loti. The fish of the high mountain. 



Material too poor for determination, but I suspect it to be only 

 G. capense, Thunb. 



ALCHEMILLA, Linn. 

 A. Woodii, O. Kuntze. 



Damp spots on veldt and mountain slopes. A prostrate plant, 

 3-12 in. long, flowers pale yellow. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 307!; 

 Leribe plateau, flowers yellow, Phillips, 700 ! ; stony roadside on the 

 Caledon River and Conquered Territory, c. 6000 ft., January, Thode, 

 13 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6200-6700 ft., December, 

 Flanagan, 1894! Bolus, 8158 ! ; Natal, on a stony hill at Van Eeenen, 

 December, Wood, 4518. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO: Mo-lala phuka. He on whom the dew remains. Horothetsa- 

 He who lets (dew) drop little by little. The plant is roasted on hot 

 ashes and the smoke is supposed to relieve headache. 



