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A. filifolius, Vent. 



Mountain slopes. H-4 ft. high, flowers mauve. Early Spring. 

 A. Dieterlen, 27 !; grassy stony hillsides at Zaaihoek, Harrismith, c. 

 5700 ft., May, Thode I 



DISTRIBUTION : Poudolaud. Aliwal North. Oudtshoorn. Natal. 

 G-raatf Reinet. Prince Albert. Clanwilliam. Transvaal (Pretoria, 

 Lydeuburg). 



SESUTO : Leholo. Meaning unknown. Used as firewood. 



A. hispidus, Bkr. uon Thunb. 



Mountain slopes. 10-22 in. high, flowers violet. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 133 ! Mechachaneng, Qalo District, January, A. Dieterlen, 

 907 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6100 ft., December, Bolus, 

 8176 !; Mout-aux-Sources, 8000 ft., October, A. Bolus in Herb. Bolus, 

 6011! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. King William's Town. Transkei. Aliwal 

 North. Albanv. East G-riqualand. 



SESUTO : Phda. Deri ved f rom " Sephoa" smoothness. The boiled 

 roots, mixed with Helichrysiim callicomum, Harv., and H. rugulosum, 

 Less., are given as an enenia for colic. The plant used with H. 

 callicomum, Harv. alone, makes a " Lenaka " (a protective charm). 



A. perfoliatus, Oliv. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., December, Bolus, 8175 ! ; 

 Cathkiu Peak, 8000 ft., November, A. Bolus in Herb. Bolus ! ; rocky 

 hill, Drakeusberg, 5000 ft., January, Wood, 3605. 



DISTRIBUTION : East G-riqualand. 



A. quinquenervis, Klatt. 



Natal, edge of wood, Polela, 5-6000 ft., April, Fourcade. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



A. uliginosus, Wood & Evans. 



Summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 11,000 ft., March, Evans, 758 ! ; in 

 damp places, sources of the Tugela River, E van s, 758. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



A. Woodii, Klatt. 



Natal, Van Eeenen, 5-6000 ft., December, Wood, 4521. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. 



. sp. 



Natal, in swamps, Mont-aux-Sources, 10-11,000 ft., March, Evans, 

 739. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic ? 



