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M. sp. 



Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 949 ! 



PISOSPERMA, Sond. 

 P. capense, Sond. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 5-15 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. 

 Phatsoa, Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 194a! ; Caledon Eiver, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. 



SESUTO : Sesepa se linoha. The soap of the snakes. The crushed 

 roots mixed with water and sprinkled round the huts in summer is 

 supposed to keep snakes away. Together with Geum capense, Thunb., 

 a " medicine" is prepared to prevent " insects " being introduced into 

 the stomach by witchcraft. Said to be a cure for colic. 



COCCINIA, W. & Am, 

 C. hirtella, Cogn. 



Mountain slopes, twining on trees and rocks. 5-8 ft. long, flowers 

 pale yellow, fruits bright red. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 145 ! ; Lefi's 

 Kloof, N.E. slopes of Lebribe plateau, a creeper, flowers yellow, 

 Phillips, 822 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Leraka la Balimo. The climber of the ancestor. If a 

 Masuto has unpleasant dreams about his ancestors (" Balimo ") he is 

 bathed in a hole dug on the threshold of the " lelopa " (the circular 

 yard enclosing a hut) with water in which sun-dried roots and iron- 

 stone are mixed. This ceremony will relieve him of further dreams. 



FICOIDtiAE. 

 MESEMBRIANTHEMUM, Linn. 



M. musculinum, Haw. 



Mountain slopes. 2-5 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. Thab 

 Phatsoa, Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 142e ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Middleburg, C.P. 



M. lineolatum, Haw. 



Mountain slopes. 1-2 ft. high, flowers magenta. Spring-Summer. 

 A. Dieter en, 142d ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Caledon. Riversdale. 



M. crassulinum, DC. 



Ravines and mountain slopes. 4-12 in. high, flowers white. 

 Spring-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 142c ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Humausdorp. 



