138 Annals of the South African Museum. 



BOJEEIA, DC. 

 U. nutans, Bolus. 



Basutolaud, river banks above Buffalo River Waterfall, 8100 ft., 

 March. An erect virgate shrub, 5 ft. high, Galpin, 6659 ! ; grassy 

 slopes near the summit of Mapedi's Peak, Witzie's Hoek, c. 7980 ft., 

 February. A clammy scented plant, with greenish heads, Thode, 21 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



PRINTZIA, Case. 

 P. pyrifolia, Less. 



Mountain slopes. Bush 4-8 ft. high, flowers white. Early Spring 

 and Winter. A. Dieterlen, 13 ! ; Basutolaud, without precise locality, 

 Cooper, 691 ! ; Orange Free State, Witteberg, Relimann, 3969 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Komgha. Tembuland. East 

 Grriqualand. 



SESUTO : Sepkomnlo. Derived from the verb "ho phomolo " to 

 rest. Lekhisa. A long hair. A preparation made from the plant is 

 given as an enema for internal tumours. Used as fuel. 



P. asteroides, Schltr. 



Natal, Ixopo, 4-5000 ft., January, Evans, 625. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



P. laxa, N. E. Br. 



Natal, Drakeusberg, July, Evans, 53. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



GEIGERIA, Grissel. 

 G. passerinoides, Harv. 



Veld. Flowers yellow. April. Peka, Leribe District, A. Dieterhn, 

 991 ! ; Wilge River, Harrismith, 5-6000 ft,, June, Wood, 4784 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. 1 Murraysburg. Grriqualand West. 

 Natal. Zululaiid. Orange Free State (Bloemf onteiu) . Transvaal 

 (Bloemhof). 



SESUTO -. Hlohoana-Kholoanyane. Rather big heads. In Autumn 

 it is burnt iri cultivated lauds to hasten the ripening of the grain. 

 The illness of a child is sometimes supposed to be due to " insects " or 

 " worms " in the head, in which case incisions are made on the child's 

 forehead, cheeks, and nape of the neck, and a drug prepared from the 

 plant is rubbed in aiid it is believed that the " insects " are driven 

 away through the intestines. 



