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sore throat and chest complaints ; it is also used to wash the teeth. If 

 a witch-doctor loses a patient by death, he washes his " divining 

 bones " in the decoction to purify them. A man wishing to become a 

 witch-doctor drinks the decoction ; this will give him intelligence and 

 judgment, and the various ways of using the " divining bones " will 

 become clear to him. 



GALIUM, Linn. 



G. wittbergensis, Sond. (ex descr.). 



Mountain slopes. Flowers yellow. Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 50 ! ex parte ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., December, 

 Flanagan, 1935 ! Bolus, 8170! ; rocky wet places on the Wittebergen, 

 6-7000 ft., Dri-ge. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



var. glabrum, Phillips, var. uov. 



A typo ramis glabris differt. 



This only differs from the specimen cited under the type in having 

 perfectly glabrous branches. 



Mountain slopes. 4-18 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 40 ! ex part e; flowers yellow, Phillips, 713! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Morarana oa mangope. 



Seharane. 



G. dregeanum, Sond. forma. 



Mountain slopes, twining on rocks or shrubs. 6-25 in. high, flowers 

 yellowish. Summer. A. Dieterlen. 331a ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Seharane. Derived from the verb " ho harana " to coil 

 one with another. See note under Rubia cordifolia. 



G. rotundifolium, Linn. 



Mountain slopes, under rocks, 3-15 in. high, flowei's white. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 146 ! ; mountain slopes south of the Mission Station, 

 flowers white, Phillips, 688 ! shady places in ravine on west slopes of 

 Leribe plateau, Phillips, 749 ! Lefi's Kloof on JST.E. slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, under rocks, Phillips, 972 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 

 5500 ft., December, Flanagan, 1886 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockenstroom. Somerset East. Natal. Bechuana- 

 land. 



SESUTO : Moriri-oa-lehala. The hair of the cave. Lefero. He who 

 gets entwined. See note /under Rubia cordifolia. 



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