136 Annals of the South African Museum. 



SESUTO : Sehalahala sa lengope. The bush of the river bank. Used 

 as fuel iu winter. 



METALASIA, Br. 

 M. muricata, Less. 



Mountain slopes. 15-35 in. high, bracts white. Autumn. A. 

 Dieterlen, 257 ! ; Basutolancl, without precise locality. Bush 2-3 ft. 

 high, bracts white, Cooper, 704 ! ; Natal, Drakensberg, Polela, 6-7000 

 ft., Evans, 542 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Port Elizabeth. Albany. Prince Albert. 

 East G-riqualand. 



SESUTO : Lehlohlo. He who packs (tightly) corn in a basket. 

 Sehalahala se seputsoa. The grey bush. Together with Eriocephalus 

 punctulatus used to fumigate a hut during illness or after a death. 

 Used as fuel. 



NESTLERA, Spreng. 

 N. virgata, N. E. Br. 



Natal, Bushman's River Pass, July, Evans, 50 ; among grass, sources 

 of the Bushman's River, Drakensberg, June, Evans, 643 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



N. acerosa, Harv. (ex descr.) 



Slopes and plateau of Thaba Phatosa, Leribe District. 10-22 in. 

 high, flowers bright yellow. Winter-Spring (July, 1908), A. Dieterlen,, 

 615 ! 616 ! ; Basutoland Mtus., near Mequeathing, Cooper, 733. 



DISTRIBUTION : Barkly East. Albert. 



SESUTO : Moholu oapela. Moholu a lekhoaba. 



RELHANIA, L'Her. 

 R. pungens, L'Her. 



Summit Pot River Berg, 5900 ft., March, Galpin, 6693 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Riversdale. Port Elizabeth. Mossel Bay. Albany. 

 Tembuland. Natal. 



MACOWANIA, Oliv. 

 M. glandulosa, N. E. Br. 



Summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January, Flanagan, 

 1879! ; Natal, Tabanhlope, April, Evans, 412, same locality, 6000 ft.,. 

 October, Wood, 10629 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



M. pulvinaris, N. E. Br. 



Doodman's Krans Mtn., 9650 ft., March, Galpin, 6694!' 

 DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. 



