106 Annals of the South African Museum. 



CONIUM, Linn. 

 C. chaerophylloides, Tlumb. 



Veld, fields, and roadsides. 10-45 in. high, flowers cream. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 235 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Caledon. Uitenhage. Herbert. Koniglia. 



SESUTO : LefdkuH. The feeble one. So called on account of the 

 stem being easily broken. 



A lotion is prepared from the plant with which to wash feverish 

 patients. 



C. sp. 



Ben McDhui, 9300-9600 ft., March, Galpin, 6645. 



The above determination was given by Kew to Mr. G-alpin. 



BUPLEURUM, Linn. 

 B. Mundii, Ch. & Sch. 



Mountain slopes, flowers yellow. December-February. Matalane, 

 Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 832 ! ; southern slopes of plateau, Phillips, 

 665 ! ; slopes of the Mout-aux-Sources, 7-8000 ft., January, Flanagan, 

 2107 ! ; Ben McDhui and Doodman's Krans, S800-9500 ft., March, 

 Galpin, 6642. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Albany. Fort Beaufort. 



SESUTO : Lekhase or Lekhasi. A fringe or small leaf. So called on 

 account of the thin leaves. 



HETEROMORPHA, Chum. 

 H. arborescens, Ch. & Sch. 



Ravines, mountain slopes, and dongas. A tree, flowers yellowish. 

 A. Dierterlen, 4! Mate, Leribe District, A. Dicterh-n, 661!; ravines 

 round Leribe plateau, not common, Phillips ! 



DISTRIBUTION : George. Uitenhage. Albany. Port Elizabeth. 

 Beaufort West. Komgha. Tembuland. Natal. Zululand. Swaziland. 



SESUTO : Monkhvane. Meaning unknown. 'Malta-tlala. He who 

 increases the famine. A preparation is made fiom the leaves and 

 given to children troubled with intestinal worms which cause fainting. 

 This tree is planted in every " lekhotla " in Basutoland, which is an 

 open space near the principal hut of the village chief, where the men 

 congregate to do whatever work they have 011 hand ; it is also the 

 court of justice, and the place where strangers and travellers go to 

 ask for hospitality. An old native doctor informed Madame Dieterlen 

 that the tree acted as a charm in retaining the people near their chief, 

 that they may be faithful to him and make the village prosperous. 



