132 Annals of the South African Museum. 



H. album, N. E. Br. 



Wet rocks on the summit of Mont-aux-Sources, 9000 ft., January, 

 Thode, 29!, summit Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January, Flanagan, 

 1972!; Natal, Bushman's River Pass, Drakeusberg, 7-8000 ft., 

 Evans, 48. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. agrostophilum, Klatt. 



Mountain slopes. 8-20 in. high, bracts light yellow. Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 827 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6500 ft., 

 December, Bolus, 8189 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (near Belfast, Barbertou, Elandspruit- 

 bergen, Pietersbui'g). 



SESUTO : Papetloana ea thaba. The flat, spreading one of the 

 mountain Together with other plants a preventive " charm " against 

 all illnesses is prepared from this species. Burnt in winter as fuel. 



H. alticolum, Bolus, var. montanum. 



Summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 9-11,000 ft., October, A. Bolus in 

 Herb. Bolus, 10682 !, Mann in Herb. Marloth, 2866 !, Evans, 742 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. athrixiifolium, O. Hoffm. 



Leribe plateau. 5-12 in. high, bracts yellow. January. A. 

 Dieterlen, 502 ! 902 !; near Harrisrnith, 4-5000 ft., February, Wood, 

 4791 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal (Colenso). 



SESUTO : Motvantvanyane o monyenyane. The small despicable 

 thing. The leaves are smoked for chest complaints. 



H. calocephalum, Schltr. (PL VI, fig. i.) 



Mountain slopes, Mathokvane, Leribe District. 4-10 in. high, 

 bracts pink or white. December, A. Dieterlen, 803 ! ; Mout-aux- 

 Sources, 7uOO ft., December, Bolusl A. Bolus in Herb. Guthrie, 4828 !, 

 9500 ft., January, Flanagan, 1967 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Somerset East. East Griqualand. Natal. 



SESUTO: Tuane-Balingvana e Kholo. The big " Toane " of the small 

 ancestors. A decoction of the roots is used to cure diarrhoea in 

 children. 



H. confertum, N. E. Br. 



Bushman's River Pass, 7-8000 ft., July, Evans, 49 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



