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The plant is burnt, either alone or with other species of Gnaphalium, 

 in the hut of a feverish child to drive away the illness. 



G. luteo-album, Linn. 



Mountain slopes. 6-20 in. high, flowers whitish. Autumn. A. 

 Dieterlen, 315! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Graaff Reinet. Prince Albert. Transkei. 

 Natal. Transvaal (Zuikerbosch). 



SESUTO : Mosuvane. He on whom skins are rubbed to become 

 supple. ManTcu. Many sheep. Bundles of the plant are laid on the 

 ground to form mats on which skins are worked. See note under 

 G. timliilufinii, Linn. 



G. sp. 



Veld and gardens. 2-12 in. high, bracts yellowish. Spring. 

 A. Dieterlen, 727! 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Tembuland. 



SESUTO -. Mosuane oa mosimo. The " mosuaue " of the lands. The 

 plant is incinerated, crushed, and mixed with fat, this mixture is 

 smeared on a bamboo which is planted in the village and acts as a 

 charm against lightning. Together with G. undulat'um and G. luteo- 

 albinn it is used to fumigate the room of a sick child. 



Dieterlen, 727 = Baur 760. On a sheet in the Bolus Herbarium is 

 the following note by Mr. N. E. Brown : "This scrap (all that can be 

 spared) = Macoivan 643, Boschberg, distributed as Helichrysum decli- 

 natitin, Less. var. and also = Gnaplialium candidissimum, Lam. a of 

 Divge's distribution. If it is not G. micrantlmm, Thunb., it is probably 

 new." I have compai-ed this specimen with a sheet in our herbarium 

 labelled m Harvey's handwriting G. micranthum, Thunb., but the 

 specimens differ considerably. Not. having seen the type, I hesitate to 

 describe the plant as new. The involucral scales are described by 

 Harvey as " snow-white," in Dieterlen, 727, they are " yellowish." 



HELICHRYSUM, Gaertn. 



. capillaceum. Less. 



Leribe, ravine and mountain slopes under rocks. 4-10 in. high, 

 bracts white. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 754 ! ; damp rocks in ravine 

 between the Mission Station and Jonathan's village, Phillies, 854 ! ; 

 Natal, Polela, Drakensberg, 6-7000 ft., July, Evans, 579 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Worcester. Albany. Uitenhage. Queens- 

 town. Murraysburg. Graaff Reiuet. Molteno. Komgha. Natal. 



SESUTO : Mosuvane oa lehalw. The " Mosuvaue " of the cave. Used 

 to cure chest complaints in children. 



