120 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5300-5500 ft., December- January, Bolus 

 8177! Flanagan, 1995! 



DISTRIBUTION : G-riqualand West. Griqualand East. Pondoland. 

 Natal. Queeustown. Transvaal (Ermelo, Pretoria). 



SESUTO: Molcoteli. See N. foetida, DC. Used as fuel in winter. 



N. polycephala, DC. (ex descr.). 



Eiver banks. 3-5 ft. high, flowers yellow. Summer-Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 750 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualaud. 



SESUTO : Phefo ea noTca. The wind of the river. Used as fuel. 



This is an exact match with Tyson, 1510, from East Griqualand, 

 both agree with the description of N. polycephala, DC., though in a 

 note on a sheet in the Bolus herbarium, Mr. N. E. Brown says e/. 

 N. polycephala, DC. 



CONYZA, Less. 

 C. podocephala, DC. 



Veld, dongas, and mountain slopes. 14-23 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 10 ! ; various localities, round Leribe 

 plateau, common, Phillips, 520 ! 605 ! 670 ! 924 ! 938 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Tembulaud. Aliwal North. Orange Free 

 State (near Bethulie). Transvaal (Middleburg, Oliphant's Eiver). 



SESUTO : ManJcu a meholo. Many big sheep. Said by the natives 

 to be a very valuable plant for fumigation purposes in cases of illness. 

 A decoction is made from the roots and given to feverish patients to 

 drink. 



C. pinnatilobata, DC. 



River banks and mountain slopes. 12-30 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 818 ! ; near Buffalo Eiver Waterfall, 8100 ft., 

 March, Galpiii, 6665. 



DISTRIBUTION: Natal. Cape. Graaff Eeiuet. Transkei. 



SESUTO : Sekhatlana se seholo. The big leaf. Mixed with Amphi- 

 doxa gna,phaloides,DC., it is crushed and burnt in a sick room to drive 

 away the illness. 



C. obscura, DC. 



Mountain slopes. 12-25 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 628! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Albert. Swaziland. Graaff Eeinet. Trans- 

 vaal (Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Phefo ea meru. The wind of the forests. See note under 

 C. podocephala, DC. 



