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leaves are rolled into threads from which the skirts, worn round the 

 waist by young girls, are made. Formerly all the Basuto women wore 

 these "skirts," known as " Shethana " when made up. The plant, 

 crushed and mixed with water and put in the ears, is a native cure for 

 ear-ache. 



Dieterlen, 160, differs from Phillips, 985 (and also from the 

 description of G. serrulata, DC., ' Fl. Cap.' iii, 475) in having the 

 peduncles longer than the leaves, and the leaves glandular-setose 

 above, but 1 can find no difference in the floral structure. 



G. armerioides, DC. 



Mountain slopes at Machache. Thaba-Bosin District. Flowers 

 white. January. A. Dieterlen, 894 ! ; plateau on summit of Drakens- 

 berg between Doodman's Krans and Satsanna Berg, 8750 ft., March, 

 growing in dense tufts up to 12 in. in diameter, Galpin, 6747!; 

 Witteber^en, 7-8000 ft., Drege ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. Natal. Transvaal (Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Shoeshoe ea loti. The " shoeshoe" of the high mountain. 



BEEKHEYA, Ehr. 



B. grandiflora, Willd., var. alternifolia. 



Slopes of Machache Mountain, Leribe District. January. A. 

 Dieterlen, 893 ! ; slopes of the Mont-aux-Sources, above the Eland's 

 Eiver Valley, 8000 ft., January, Flanagan, 1945 ! ; Mont-aux-Sources, 

 8000 ft., April, E. Dyke in Herb. Marloth, 5435! in Herb. Musei 

 Austro-Afric., 5515 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Ntsoantsart?. Derived from the verb " ho ts6ants6 " to 

 describe. 



B. setifera, DC. 



Mountain slopes. 2-3i ft. high, flowers yellow. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 234 ! ; mountain slopes between the Mission Station and 

 Jonathan's Village, also at Left's Kloof on N.E. slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, common, Phillips, 563 ! 841 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's 

 Hoek, 5400 ft., December, Bolus, 8211 ! ; Eland's Eiver Valley, near 

 the Mont-aux-Sources, 6000 ft., December, Flanagan, 1957 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. Natal. Orange Free State (no 

 locality). Transvaal (Barberton, Carolina). 



SESUTO : Leme-la-khomo. The tongue of an ox (so called on account 

 of the rough upper surface of the leaf). Ntgoantsaue (see B. Kuntzeli, 

 Schltr.). 



B. alba, Phillips, sp. nov. Suffrutex 1-1 '5 m. altus. Rami lanati 



