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C. montana, Bolus. 



Natal, Bushman's River Valley, 6-8UUU ft., October, flowers yellow, 

 Wood, 10562!; summit Drakensberg, 5-6000 ft,, February, Wood, 9925! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SENECIO, Linn. 

 S. vulgaris, Limi. 



G-arden of Mission Station, flowers yellow. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 895! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cosmopolitan. 



SESUTO : Mohohi oa pela o nionyetit/iu'. The small stomach of the 

 rock-rabbit. 



S. macrocephalus, DC., var. hirsutissimus. 



Mountain slopes at Malavaneug, Leribe District, Flowers magenta. 

 December. .4. Diet'-rlrn. 930!; Natal, Griant's Castle, 8000 ft,, 

 November, flowers red, A. Boltm in Herb. Gtitltri>'. 



DISTRIBUTION : King William's Town. Komgha. Transkei. 



SESUTO : Se-bea-Diollo. It burns. Nyoakoane ea loii. The " Ngoa- 

 koane" (a young brother or sister of a dead child) of the high 

 mountains. A medicine for colic is prepared from it. 



S. concolor, DC. 



Natal, Tabauhlope, 6000 ft,, October, flowers purple, Wood, 10478! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. East Grriqualand. Transvaal (Belfast). 

 This is probably the same as S. speciosus, Willd. 



S. concolor, DC., forma. 



Natal, near Polela, 4-5000 ft., April, flowers red, Wood, 4548. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



S. erubescens, DC. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 6-25 in. high, rays violet. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 281 ! 640 ! ; ravines, rays blue, Phillips, 764 ! 773 !; Beater's 

 Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft,, December, Bolus, 8199 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Humansdorp. Port Elizabeth. Stutter- 

 heirn. Aliwal North. Komgha. Tembuland. East Griqualand. 

 Natal. 



SESUTO : Letapiso. The diminisher of strength. The natives mix 

 the crushed plant with tobacco to make the latter milder. A decoc- 

 tion of the roots is drunk for nausea and rheumatic fever. 



S. barbatus, DC. 



Summit of the Mount-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January , Flanagan, 1954 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. East G-riqualand. 



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