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A. Dieterlen, 617 ! ; on south slopes of Leribe plateau, above Khaniane, 

 flowers white and green, Phillips, 876 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. 



SESUTO : Mabelebele a joang. The profuse Kaffir-corn of the grass. 

 See note under Psammotropha androsacea, Fenzl. 



P. lineare, Linn, f. 



Bester's Vlei, near "Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., Flanagan, 1929 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Cape. 



P. dichotomum, Linn. f. 



In gardens of Residency at Peka, Leribe district. Flowers white, 

 March. A. Dieterlen, 978 ! ; base of Doodman's Krans Mtn. and Ben 

 McDhui, 8500-9700 ft., March, Galpln, 6632, 6633. 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Caledon. Swellendani. Uitenhage. 

 Albany. 



SESUTO : Monyakunyana. The small " Monyaku." See notes under 

 Psammotropha androsacea, Fenzl. 



P. sp. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5300 ft., December, Bolus, 

 8164 ! 



PSAMMOTKOPHA, E. & Z. 



P. androsacea, Fenzl. (Pl.'.V, fig. 2). 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 3-12 in. high, flowers pale yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 295 ! ; growing on a rock, slopes south of the 

 Mission Station, rare, Phillips, 687 ! damp bank near stream on 

 Leribe plateau, flowers green, Phillips, 795 ! ; Mout-aux-Sources, 

 8000 ft,, April, Dyke in Herb. Mar loth, 5404 ! in Herb. Musei Austro- 

 Afric., 5493 ! ; Doodman's Krans Mtn. and Ben McDhui, 8600- 

 9650 ft., March, Galpin, 6634, 6635. 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. 



SESUTO : Mothnyoane. Meaning unknown. Senama, He spreads. 

 A " medicine " for constipation is prepared from the boiled and crushed 

 roots. Incisions are made round the waist, legs, arms, and forehead 

 of the patient, and the mixture rubbed in. 



var. enervis, Fenzl. 



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

 1872 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Pondoland. Natal. 



P. myriantha, Sond. 



Summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January. Flanagan, 



