Fl<ir <//' tlir Li'rllii- P1<(ffnn mnl Environs. 169 



SBSUTO : Mohatn. Derived from the verb " ho hato " to oppress. 

 Used as a charm to detect an evildoer and prevent him from doing 

 harm. The native doctors use the plant in many feverish illnesses. 

 Together with E>i/>)i<>rlm Jmsuflni it is said by the natives to cure 

 leprosy. 



B. (S. multijuga, DC.) 



Slopes of high mountains. 25-40 in. high, flowers yellow. Summer. 



A. Dieterlen, 864 ! ; summit of the Mont-aux- Sources, 9500 ft., January, 

 Flanagan, 2199! 2119! (Flanagan distributed the plant under both 

 these numbers) ; Doodmaii's Krans Mtn., 8800 ft., March, Galpin, 

 6751 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. 



SESUTO : Ntsfiantsane ea Inti. The " Ntsoaiitsane " of the high 

 mountain. 



B. (S. aristosa, DC.) 



High mountain slopes. 20-32 in. high, flowers yellow, December, 

 A. Dieterlen, 863 ! ; Natal, Tabanhlope, 6000 ft,, October, flowers 

 yellow, Wood, 10640 ! ; summit of Pot Eiver Berg, 5800 ft., March, 

 Galpin, 6750 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembulaud. East Griqualand. 



SESUTO : Papetloane e mentloa. The prickly " Papetloane." 



STEPHANOCOMA, Leas. 



S. carduoides, Less. 



Hillsides, Maclear, besides streamlets, 4700 ft., March, Galpin, 6749. 



DISTRIBUTION: George. Somerset East. Komgha. East Griqua- 

 land. 



CNICUS, Linn. 



C. lanceolatus, Willd. 



Eoadsides and round villages. 1-3 ft. high, flowers violet. Autumn. 

 Morija. A. Dieterlen, 499 ! ; ravine between the Mission Station and 

 Jonathan's Village, growing under a rock-shelter where cattle sleep, 

 flowers pink, Phillips, 759 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : An introduced weed. 



SESUTO : Ntsuantsdne. Derived from the verb '" ho tsoantsa " to 

 draw or depict. Said to have been introduced from the Cape Colony 

 in forage used for the horses of the troops during the "Gun War " of 

 1880. 



