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OENOTHERA, Linn. 

 Oe. biennis, Liuu. 



Damp spots uear river banks. H-5 ft. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 633 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Stellenbosch. 



SESUTO : Huupeli oa noTta. He who praises the river. See notes 

 under Oe. villosa, Thunb. 



Oe. tetraplera, Cav. 



Veld. 5-18 in. high, flowers pure white. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 327! 



DISTRIBUTION : Introduced. 



SESUTO : Mnupeli o mosoeu. The white one who pi-aises. Thdbela- 

 bosin. He enjoys the night (the flowers open at sunset). 



Oe. villosa, Thuiib. 



Fields and mountain slopes. 15-30 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 169 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Introduced. 



SESUTO : Muopeli. He who praises. The Basutos use the leaves 

 in the following manner to cure a sick feverish child. A " cake " of 

 fresh cattle dung is burnt until it is red hot and then placed in the 

 sick child's hut ; on the glowing embers leaves are thrown, and they 

 believe that the smoke will drive the sickness and fever away. 



PASSIFLOREAE. 



GrUTHRIEA, Bolus. 

 G. capensis, Bolus. 



Summit and slopes of the Mont-aux-Sources, 8-9000 ft., January, 

 Flanagan, 2103 ! ; Ben McDhui, 9500 ft., March, Galpin, 6630. 

 DISTRIBUTION : G-raaff Eeinet. 



CUCURBITACEAE. 



CUCUMIS, Linn. 

 C. myriocarpus, Naudin. 



Mountain slopes near shrubs or rocks. A climber, 3-8 ft. long, 

 flowers yellow. Summer- Autunm. A. Dieterlen, 501a ! 869 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. 



SESUTO: Monyaku. Meaning unknown. A lotion is prepared from 

 the boiled plants as a "medicine" to prevent " Mashoa," which are 

 sores that appear on the body of a man who has married a widow 



