128 Annals oj the South Ajrican Museum. 



SESUTO : Papetloane ea liliba. The " papetloane " of the fountains. 

 Used for " doctoring " people who wish some deed concealed and who 

 are afraid of being found out. 



var. reticulatum. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, bracts brown. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 56 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (Houtbosch, Barbertou). 



SESUTO : Papetloane e kholo. The large flat spreading one. Leboko. 

 Plumpness. Mixed with other plants it is made into a medicine used 

 for colic. The roots are ground, and burnt near cattle suffering from 

 " black leg." 



H. undatum, Less, var. pallidum. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 8-20 in. high, bracts vellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 573 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Graaff Reinet. Stutterheim. Transkei. 



SESUTO : Boleba. Derived from the verb " ho lebala " to forget. 

 Bolebatsi. The act of forgetting. A native bathed with a decoction 

 made from the roots believes that he becomes invisible, or forgotten by 

 his enemies. 



H. alloides, Harv. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., January, Flanagan, 

 2074! 



DISTRIBUTION : Konigha. Transkei. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Barbertou). 



H. leiopodium, DC. 



Veld and plateau. 8-25 in. high, bracts yellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 52 ! 545 ! ; Thaba Unchu, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION: George. Albany. Uiteiihage. Bedford. Aliwal 

 North. Natal. Orange Free State (Parys). Transvaal (Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Mohlomela-tsie oa thota. (545) " He of the valley " who 

 threads the locusts. Mohlomela-tsie oa thaba. (52) " The mountainous 

 one " who threads the locusts. The stems are used to thread locusts 

 so that they can be easily roasted. A decoction prepared from the 

 plant is given as an enema to children suffering with colic. Dieterlen, 

 545, grows in the open veld while No. 52 is found on the mountain 

 slopes. 



H. oephaloideum, DC. 



Mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, bracts bright yellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 448 ! ; Lefi's Kloof and southern slopes of 



