112 Annals of the South African Museum. 



must have a drug, iii which this plant enters, placed in incisions made 

 on their bodies. Should they neglect this, their crops will either fail 

 them or be poor. 



A. pumilum, Sond. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 3-15 in. high, flowers whitish. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 172 ! partly ; Caledou River, Burke ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Natal. 



SESUTO : PhaJcisane. Small haste. Masopolohane. He who is 

 broken (by twisting). Used as a charm to hasten the convalescence 

 of a sick person. The plant enters into many medicines and is 

 supposed to hasten healing. A traveller who comes across the plant 

 on his journey takes it as a good omen, and if he stops and repeats 

 a few words he will find good food and welcome at the end of his 

 journey. A native wishing to sell cattle, washes them with an infusion 

 made from the plant and by so doing will sell well and quickly. 



var. pilosum, Phillips, var. nov. 



A typo fructubus pilis hamatis tectis differt. 



This differs from the type by the fruits being pilose with hooked 

 hairs. 



Mountain slopes. 6-18 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer-Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 629; mountain slopes and veld, flowers cream, A. 

 Dieterlen, 172 partly ; Qoqolosi Peak, common, Phillips, 619, 947. 



A. rigidum, E. & Z. 



Ravines and mountain slopes. Flowers yellow. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 922! 970! Natal, stony hill at Van Reeuen, 4-5000 ft,, 

 December, Wood, 4531. 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualaud. Swelleudam. East Griqualand. 



SESUTO : Potsana. The small firewood. Phakisaue. Small haste. 

 See also note under A. hedyotideum. 



A. humile, N. E. Br. 



Natal, Uluiidi, 6-7000 ft., on damp rocks, January, Evans, 370. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



RUBIA, Linn. 

 R. cordifolia. Linn. 



Mountain slopes, twining on rocks and shrubs. 10-30 in. high, 

 flowers yellowish. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 331b ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Trauskei. East Griqualand. Natal. 



SESUTO : Seharane. He who entwines. Mo-hlatsoa-meno. He who 

 washes the teeth. A decoction made from the roots is drunk for colic 



