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XANTHIUM, Linn. 

 X. spinosum, Liuu. 



Veld and slopes round villages. 6-30 in. high. Summer- Autumn. 



A. Dieterlen, 312 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : An introduced weed found in most parts of South 

 Africa. 



SESUTO : MoJcdala. Syphilis (in the early stage). Sehlabahlabane. 

 He who pricks. Said to have been introduced into Basutoland by the 

 cattle taken as loot during the war with the Zulu chief Lakalebalele 

 in 1873. 



ZINNIA, Linn. 

 Z. multiflora, Linn. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 4-25 in. high, flowers red. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 156!; bush, 3-4 ft. high, flowers brick-red, 

 common, Phillips, 535 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Natal. 



SESUTO : Lipii. Trumpets. Lipii-pii. Many trumpets. The 

 flower-heads make playthings for the native children. 



BIDENS, Linn. 



B. pilosa, Linn. 



Mountain slopes and waste places. 8-36 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 86a ! 



DISTRIBUTION : George. Komgha. Natal. 

 SESUTO : Moonyane. Meaning unknown. 



B. leucantha, Willd. 



Banks of water courses on mountain slopes. 6-15 in. high, flowers 

 yellow. March-May. A. Dieterlen, 86b ! 



DISTRIBUTION : An imported weed. 



SESUTO : Mtionyane. Meaning unknown. 



EEIOCEPHALUS, Linn. 

 E. punctulatus, DC. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. A bush, 2-4 ft. high, flowers white. 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 435 ! ; Basutoland, without precise locality, 

 Cooper, 692 ! 744 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualaud Minor. Aliwal North. 



SESUTO : Sehalahala sa matlaka. The bush of the vultures. It is 

 said to grow near places where the vultures roost. It is used together 

 with Metalasia muricata to fumicate the but of a person suffering with 

 a cold or diarrhoea. 



