116 Annals of the South African Museum. 



var. Flanaganii, Phillips, var. nov. Folia basi angustata uon cordata. 

 Bracteae iuvolucrae lougo-acuminatae, pappo aequales. 



This differs from the type in the leaves not being cordate at the 

 base. The involucral bracts are longer and more acuminate, and equal 

 or exceed the pappus. 



Eland's River Valley, near the Mont-aux- Sources, 6200 ft., Decem- 

 ber, Flanagan, 1947 ; Mont-aux- Sources, 6000 ft., October, A. Bolus in 

 Herb. Guthrie, 4820. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



V. stipulacea, Klatt. 



Natal, Drakensberg, Bolus, 3004. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



GARULEUM, Cass. 

 G. Woodii, Schinz. 



Basutoland, rocky ridges near the Buffalo River Waterfall, c. 7450 ft., 

 March, rays blue, Gal pin, 6660 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal (Charlestowu, 5-6000 ft.) 



ASTER, Linn. 

 A. petiolatus, Harv. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. A creeping plant, 4-36 in. long, 

 flowers pink-mauve. Winter-Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen, 343 ! ; 

 ravine on west slopes of Leribe plateau, rays light pink, Phillips, 768 ! ; 

 Basutoland, without locality, Cooper. 



DISTRIBUTION : Albert. 



SESUTO : Khotdliea ea thaba. The " Khotoliea " of the mountain. 

 (The name "Khotdliea" is given to many of the Compositae, the meaning 

 is unknown.) After a native burial, the members of the deceased's 

 family, and those who took an active part in the burial, have incisions 

 made on their bodies by the native doctors and a preparation made 

 from this plant is rubbed in, the belief being that by so doing they 

 will have a normal crop of corn and mealies. If this ordeal is 

 neglected their crops will not produce grain. 



I have not seen an authenticated specimen of this species, but our 

 plant agrees with the description and figure in Harv. Thes. t. 154. 



A. natalensis, Harv. 



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

 1950 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Transvaal (Devil's Kantoor). 



