108 Annals of the South African Museum. 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Stockenstroom. Komgha. NataL 

 Swaziland. 



SESUTO : Schotijana. A small carrot. Mohopu. Meaning unknown. 

 Used as a charm to drive away the " ndhana " (intestinal worms) and 

 the " thokolose " (a mysterious spirit which is supposed to appear at 

 night in certain places and during- certain illnesses). As a charm 

 against the latter, burnt roots are used to fumigate the haunted hut, 

 and the inmates of the house wash themselves with a decoction made 

 from the plant. This latter process must be done at night at a 

 distance from the hut. 



ANTHRISCUS, Ho/ni. 

 A. sylvestris, Hoffin. 



Mountain slopes. 2-4 ft. high, flowers white. Spring-Summer. 

 Makokvane, Leribe District. A. Dieterlen, 927 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : A native of Europe and North America. 



SESUTO : Lefi'ikoli le leliolo. The big feeble one. Lefdlcoli le linoka. 

 The feeble one of the rivers. The water in which the plant has been 

 boiled is used as a lotion when a person is feeling tired or unwell. 

 See also under Conium chaerophylloides, Thunb. 



PEUCEDANUM, Linn. 



P. caffrum, Phillips, comb. nov. Caulis teres, striatus, glaber. 

 Folia radicalia, 10-27 cm. longa, pinnata vel bipinnata ; petiolus 

 2-20 cm. longus, teres, sulcatus, basi dilatus amplexusque, glaber ; pin- 

 nulae 1-3 cm. longae, obovatae, lobatae vel piunatifidae, basi cuneatae, 

 glabrae ; apices loborum mucronati. Pedunculus ramis diffundus,. 

 striatus, glaber. Bracteae iuvolucrae basi connatae, aliquando 0, 

 saepius 5-7, ovatae, acuminatae, apice acutae, glabrae. Umbellae 

 circiter 15-floriferae. Pedicellus "2-1 cm. longus, glaber. Calyx 

 obsoletxis. Petala, 1'75 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, ovata, acuminata, 

 apice acuta, incurva, uninervigera, glabra. Stamina incurva ; filamenta 

 1-1 '5 mm. longa, glabra ; antherae '75 mm. longae, globosae. Ovarium 

 1 mm. longum, l - 25 mm. latuni, ovatum, glabrum ; stylus obsoletus. 

 Fructus l - 4 cm. longus, 6'5 mm. latus, ellipticus, 5-costatus, alatus. 

 Semen planum, "5 mm. crassum. 



Stem terete, striate, glabrous. Leaves basal, 10-27 cm. long, 

 pinnate or bipiunate ; petiole 2-20 cm. long, terete, sulcate, 

 sheathing at tlie base, glabrous ; pinnules 1-3 cm. long, obovate 

 in outline, lobed or piunatifid, the apices of the lobes mucronate,. 

 wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous. Peduncle branched, terete, 

 striate, glabrous. Involucre sometimes wanting, usually of 5-7 ovate 



