124 Annals of the South African Museum. 



H. ericaefolium, Less. 



Barkly East at Rhodes, 6150 ft., March, Galpin, 2326 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Natal. 



var. albidulum. 



Veld and mountain slopes. A creeping plant, 2-8 in. long, bracts 

 pink. Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen, 522 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Albany. Orange Free State (Boshof). 



SESUTO : Tilane ea matlapa. The " toane " of the flat stones. 



H. caespititum, Soud. 



Veld, mountain slopes, and plateau. A prostrate plant, 3-8 in. 

 long. Early spring. A. Dieterlen, 139 ! ; Basutolaiid, without precise 

 locality, Cooper, 751 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Natal. Griqualaud West. Trans- 

 vaal (Rustenburg, Pretoria, Ermelo). 



SESUTO : Selelu sa phooko. The chin of the he-goat. Moriri oa 

 naha. The hair of the country. Moriri oa setsohali. The hair of the 

 old woman. The plant is crushed and burnt, and the smoke inhaled 

 as a cure for colds in the head or chest. A decoction of the root& 

 cures nausea ; it does not bring on vomiting. 



H. Sutherland!, Harv. 



Mountain slopes, usually overhanging rocks. 5-30 in. high, bracts 

 white. Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 447 ! ; on western and southern 

 slopes of Leribe plateau, Phillips, 730 ! 873 ! ; Basutoland, without 

 precise locality, Cooper, 709 ; Mont-aux-Sources, 8000 ft., April, Dyke 

 in Herb. Marloth, 5429 ! in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric., 5509 ! ; Witte- 

 berg, at Caledou River, Rehmann, 3951 ! ; Natal, summit of Mahwaqua, 

 6800 ft., April, Wood, 972 ! ; Cathkin Peak, 8350 ft., West in Herb. 

 Musei Austro-Afric., 4585 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand (Ingeli Mountain, 7000 ft.). 



SESUTO : Molepi'lli'. He who hangs down. Setikotvana. Meaning 

 unknown. The plant is incinerated and crushed, and the powder put 

 in incisions made on the body of a sick person. 



var. semiglabra, N. E. Br. 



Natal, Van Reenen, 5000 ft., March, flowers white. Wood, 5702 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. Ernestianum, DC. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6000 ft., December, Bolusl, 

 Flanagan, 1895 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Graaff Reinet. 



