146 Annals of the South African 



S. thyrsoideus, DC. 



Natal, Vau Reeneu, 5-6000 ft., November, Wood, 4777 ; Satsanua's 

 Peak, Drakeusberg, 9000 ft., March, flowers blue, Galpin, 6717 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Stutterheim. 



S. Sanderson!, Harv. 



Orange Free State, near Harrismith, Wood, 4807. 

 DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. 



S. asperulus, DC. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 6-22 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Spring-Summer-Autumii. A. Dieterlen, 61 ! 580 ! ; Lefi's Kloof and 

 south slopes of plateau, rays yellow, Phillips, 811 ! 861 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Between Albany and Somerset East. Graaff Keinet. 

 Bui'ghersdorp. Aliwal North. Tembuland. Transvaal (Zuikerbosch 

 Rand) . 



SESUTO : Letapisoana la naheng. The small " Letapise " of the 

 country. Khbtoliea ea thaba. The " Khotolina '' of the mountain, 

 Mixed with tobacco to make it milder. 



var. glabrior, Harv. 



Bester's Ylei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft., December, Bolus, 8200 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (Carolina). 



S. serratus, Sond. 



Stony spots on veld and mountain slopes. 8-26 in. high, flowers 

 yellow. Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen, 644 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Queenstown. Graaff Keinet. Tembulaud*. 

 Natal. Transvaal (Volksrust). 



SESUTO: Letapiso. The dimiuisher of strength. A person suffering 

 with swollen limbs or internal tumours is washed with a decoction 

 prepared from the entire plant. 



S. hastulatus, Linn. 



Mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 344b ! 498a ! ; Basutoland, without precise locality, 

 Cooper, 715 ! ; near Buffalo River Waterfall, 8200 ft,, March, Galpin, 

 6720 !, Doodman's Krans Mtn., 9200-9650 ft., March, Galpin, 6721. 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO: Khotoliea ea kholo. The big " Khotoliea." tiekliatlana. 

 Small notches. 



var. nudiusculus. 



Mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring-Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 498b ! 



