164 Annals of the South Afrirmi Mn>tri<>. 



U. annua, Less. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 4^15 in. high, dowers yellow. 

 Summer Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 342 ! ; Phillips in Herb. Musei Austro- 

 Afnc., 4675 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Woi'cester. Graaff Keinet. 

 Albert. Stockenstroom. Orange Free State (Senekal). 



SESUTO : Sehalikane. Derived from the verb " ho halika " to 

 roast. (The natives say that the plant smells like something being 

 roasted.) The plant is incinerated, ground to a powder and mixed 

 with fat for making an ointment, used by women and girls. 



U. brevicaulis, Wood & Evans. 



Natal, Drakensberg, 6000 ft., Wood, 9808. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



U. punctata, B. & M. 



Natal, Oliver's Hoek Pass, January, Wood, 3608. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



U. subintegrifolia, Bolus. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400-6700 ft., December, Bolus, 

 8206! Flanagan, 1851! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



LANDTIA, Legs. 



L. sp. cf. L. Riippellii, Benth. & Hook. 



Edge of streamlets, Ben McDhui, 8500-9000 ft., March, Galpin, 

 6744! 



The specimen in the Bolus Collection is without flowers. Mr. Galpin 

 notes that the " mature plants have leaves, with peduncle 12-15 in. 

 long, fleshy, scape 2 inches, flowers yellow." 



HAPLOCARPHA, Less. 

 H. scaposa, Harv. 



Veld, mountain slopes and plateau. 12-30 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 55 ! ; mountain slopes between the 

 Mission Station and Jonathan's Village, rays yellow, common, 

 Phillips, 552 ! Natal, Oliver's Hoek Pass, 4-5000 ft., January, Wood, 

 3595. 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Aliwal North. Koingha. East 

 Griqualand, Bechuanaland. Transvaal (Barberton, Potchefstroom, 

 Aapies Eiver, MacMac). 



