170 Ain/aJs i if the South African Mutt n m. 



DICOMA, On SK. 

 D. macrocephala, DC. 



Natal, upper Tugela. 4-5000 ft., January, rare. Wood, 3618. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Orange Free State (Bloemhof). Transvaal (Watcr- 

 burg). 



D. anomala, Soud. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 4-2U in. high, flowers mauve. Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 58 ! ; slopes between the Mission Station and Jonathan's 

 Village, and on west slopes of Leribe plateau, a creeper growing under 

 rocks, flowers pinkish, Phillips, 572 ! 715 ! ; banks Klein Pot River, 

 Maclear District, 4550 ft., March, Galpin, 6754. 



DISTRIBUTION: Albany. Aliwal North. Stutterheim. Natal. Orange 

 Free State (Bloemfontein). Transvaal (Potchefstroom, Johannesburg, 

 Rustenburg, Aapie's River). 



SESUTO : Kloenya. To change colour or to blush. Used as a 

 medicine for colic and toothache. 



var. cirsioides. 



Natal, Drakensberg, 5-6000 ft., Wood, 3596. 



DISTRIBUTION: Transvaal (Wonderboompoort, Aapie's River). 



GERBERA, Qron. 



G. piloselloides, Cass. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 4-20 in. high, flowers pale yellow. 

 Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen, 153 ! 518 ! ; Natal. Van Reeueu, 

 5-6000 ft., November, Wood, 4772. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Stockeustroom. King William's 

 Town. Komgha. Tembuland. East G-riqualaud. 



SESUTO : Moihuntsetso. He who makes smoke rise. Tsebe ea pela. 

 The rock-rabbit's ear. The plant is used to fumigate the hut of a 

 person suffering with a cold in the head. 



G. ambigua, Sch. Bip. 



Mont-aux-Sources, A. Bolus in Herb. Guthrie, 4859 ! ; Natal, Mooi 

 River District, 4-5000 ft., October, Wood, 5469. 



DISTRIBUTION : Port Elizabeth. Albany. East Qriqualand. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Germiston). 



G. viridifolia, Sch. Bip. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 10-25 in. high, flowers white. Spring- 

 Autumn, A. Dieterlen, 168 ! 



