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form, terete, pubescent in the uppermost third ; lobes T5 mm. long, 

 terete, pubescent. Fruit '9-1 cm. long, semiterete, narrowed above, 

 10-ribbed, minutely pubescent. Hieracium capense, Fries. Epic. Hier., 

 p. 67 ; Flora Capensis, iii, 530. 



This is described in the ' Flora Capensis ' as a Hieracium, but the 

 character of the fruit would remove it from this genus to Crepis as 

 first pointed out by the late Dr. Bolus in manuscript. Mr. Gralpin 

 notes on his ticket " Klatt reported this as Hypochaerisglabra, Linn."; 

 the nude receptacle, however, would remove it from this genus. 

 Specimens were distributed as Crepis polyodon, Bolus, in the Herb. 

 Norm. Austro-Afric., No. 467. 



LACTUCA, Linn. 



L. eapensis, Thunb. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 5-24 in. high, flowers white. Spring- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 25 ! ; Lett's Kloof, on N.E. slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, Phillips, 840 ! ; south slopes of Leribe plateau above Khauiane, 

 Phillips, 882 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Port Elizabeth. Graaff Eeiuet. Molteno. 

 Albert. Komgha. Natal. Transvaal (Rustenburg, Potchefstroom, 

 Pretoria) . 



SESUTO : Kholoboto and Lekoloboto. Meanings unknown. Eaten as 

 a vegetable when young. 



SONCHUS, Linn. 



S. ecklonianus, DC. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 3-20 in. high, flowers yellow. A. 

 Dieterlen, 571 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Leharasvana. The ragged one. Cooked as a vegetable in 

 the young state. 



S. integrifolius, Harv. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 4-15 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 155 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. East Griqualand. Natal. Transvaal 

 (Pretoria, Volksrust). 



SESUTO : NaJca la tholo. The horn of the eland. Sethokoyane se 

 seholo. The big " sethokoyane." Used as a vegetable in the young 

 state. 



