100 Annals of the South African Museum. 



who has not undergone certain rites of purification. It is necessary 

 for both to bathe themselves with the lotion, and for the woman also 

 to anoint herself with fat mixed with the pulverised plants. Men 

 suffering from " Mashoa" are not allowed to go among the cattle. 



C. dissectifolius, Naudin. 



Mountain slopes, twining on rocks, trees, or creeping on the ground. 

 10-30 in. long, flowers yellow. A. Dieterlen, 511 ! ; south slopes of 

 Leribe plateau, above Khaniane, flowers yellow, Phillips, 881 ! 920 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Monyaku. Meaning unknown. Lerakana. The small 

 climber or creeper. A preparation is made from the roots and used 

 for chest complaints in dogs and tumours in human beings, but must 

 be used with great care, as it is said to be poisonous. A decoction 

 made from the boiled fruits is given as an enema in cases of diarrhoea. 



C. sp. (near C. hirsutus, Sond.) 



Mountain slopes. A creeping plant, flowers yellow. April. 

 Morija, A. Dieterlen, 999 ! 



SESUTO : Monyaku. Meaning unknown. See under C. myriocarpus, 

 Naudiu. 



The material is incomplete. The plant is not so hairy and the leaf 

 is more acuminate than in a specimen of Wood's labelled C. hirsutus. 

 The anthers ai - e not appendiculate. 



CITEULLUS, Schrad. 

 C. vulgaris, Schrad. 



Mountain slopes and veld. A creeper, 2-4 ft. long, flowers yellow. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 468 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Albany. Somerset East. 

 Natal. 



SESUTO : Tjoto. Th/lumo. Makakavane. Meanings unknown. 

 Ghomo. An explosion. Used as a charm to prevent worms spoiling 

 a crop. The fruit is emptied and filled with plants of Dicoma anomala, 

 DC., and bulbs of Oxalis spp., and then buried in the fields. It is 

 supposed to drive the worms away. When young, the plant is cooked 

 as a vegetable. 



MELOTHRIA, Linn. 

 M. punctata, Cogn. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., December, Bolus, 8163! ; 

 in Pot Berg Forest, 5500 ft., March, Galpin, 6631. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Albany. George. Natal. 

 Bechuanalaud. Transvaal (Barbertoii). 



