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NOLLETIA, Cass. 

 N. ciliaris, Steetz. 



Veld aud mountain slopes. 5-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 359 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Griqualand West. Orange Free State 

 (Bethulie). 



SESUTO : Mol'ika. He who is straight. The leaves are smoked as a 

 cure for headache. As a charm against witchcraft, the plant is 

 reduced to ashes and mixed with goat's fat and burnt in the hut, the 

 smote is supposed to counteract the influence of witchcraft. 



N. rarifolia, Steetz. 



Natal, slopes of the Drakeusberg, 4-5000 ft., January, Wood, 3957. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, Irene). 



CHKYSOCOMA, Linn. 



C. tenuifolia, Berg. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 10-22 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 463 ! Shady places in ravine on west slopes 

 of Leribe plateau, Phillips, 724 ! Drakensberg, Wood, 3081. 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Matjesfonteiu. Lady smith. 

 Prince Albert. Aliwal North. Tenibulaud. Natal. Orange Free 

 State (Bloemfontein). Transvaal (Heidelberg). 



SESUTO : Sehala-hala. A bush. 



HETEEOMMA, BentJi. 



H. decurrens, Benth. 



Water courses and damp spots on mountain slopes. 1-4 ft. high, 

 flowers yellow. A. Dieterlen, 438 ! ravine on west slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, flowers yellow, Phillips, 777! Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's 

 Hoek, 6200 ft., December, Bolus, 8178!, 6600 ft., December, Flanagan, 

 1858 ! ; summit of Drakensberg, near Van Eeenen, 6000 ft., February, 

 Wood, 9294.; 



DISTRIBUTION : East Grriqualand. 



SESUTO : Moqhoboghobo o mohola. The big " Moqhoboghobo." 



var. pterocaula, Harv. 



Basutoland, near Buffalo Eiver Waterfall, 8150 ft,, March, a 

 branching shrublet, 4 ft, high, Gal-pin, 6666 ! Eensberg Kop, Orange 

 Free State, 5-6000 ft., February, Wood, 9294 ! 

 - DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



