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January, rays purple above, yellow beneath, Flanagan, 1956 ! ; Ben 

 McDhui, c. 9900 ft., March, Galpin, 6742 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Natal (Mt. Ingogo, 5000 ft.). 



D. Barberiae, Harv. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 7-15 in. high, flowers white, cream and 

 pink. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 159 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Murraysburg. Komgha. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Belfast, Lydenburg, Barberton, Devil's Kantoor). 



SESUTO .- Phela. Live. Bohlahlo and Molilalo. The cause of good- 

 fortune. 



D. Zeyheri, Sond. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 4-6 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 568 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albert. 



SESUTO : Khotoliea. Meaning unknown. 



OSTEOSPEEMUM, Linn. 

 0. moniliferum, Linn. 



Mountain slopes. A shrub 4-7 ft. high, flowers yellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 570 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Common in the Western Province and also in 

 Kuysna, Uitenhage, Albany, Komgha, Pondoland, Natal. 



SESUTO : Ntlo ea lekhoaba. The house of the rook. Monokotsvai oa 

 makhoaba. The mulberry of the rooks. The natives believe that 

 the leafy branches will cure a madman if burnt in his hut. 



0. muricatum, E. Mey. 



Veld, near road from Berea to Qoloheng, flowers yellow. April. 

 A. Dieterlen, 990 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Stellenbosch. Beaufort West. Aliwal North. Natal. 

 Zululand. G-riqualand West. Transvaal (Pietersburg, Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Motlapa-tsunyana. He who provokes the wind. 



UKSINIA, Gaertn. 

 U. montana, DC. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 3-10 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 273 !; summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 9500- 

 11,000 ft., January-March, Flanagan, 1953 ! Evans, 744 ! ; Drakens- 

 bergeii, 6-7000 ft., February, flowers yellow, Wood, 9808 ! ; Ben 

 McDhui, 9000-9900 ft., March, Galpin, 6743 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockenstroom. 



SESUTO : Lsabo. A portion or ration. 



