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SESUTO : Moroho oa likonyana. The vegetable of the lambs. The 

 plant is said to be liked by sheep. 



L. natalensis, A. DC. 



Natal, Upper Tugela, 4-5000 ft., January, Wood, 3458. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Delagoa Bay. 



var. subulifolia. 



Mountain slopes at Malavaneng, Leribe District. 8-16 in. high, 

 flowers blue or pinkish. January. A. Dieterlen, 955 ! 965 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Mohlo a Konyana. Lambs' eyes. Matan' a Konyana. The 

 intestines of a lamb. 



The above species and variety, I think, are only forms of L. Erinus, 

 Linn. 



L. dregeana, A. DC. 



Damp spots on veld. 1-3 in. high, flowers white. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 461 ! ; Wittebergeu, 6-7000 ft., Drege ! 



DISTRIBUTION -. East Griqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Vaal River). 



SESUTO: Napshane ea phiri. The " Napshane " of the wolf . This 

 plant is very much used by the witch-doctors, who make a preparation 

 from it in which they wash their divining bones, believing that it 

 makes them more accurate. 



L. (Metzleria dregeana, Sond.). 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5300 ft., December, Bolus ! ; 

 Wittebergeu, 6-7000 ft., Drege. 



DISTRIBUTION: East Griqualand. Natal. Transvaal (near Hebron). 



L. aquatica, Phillips, sp. uov. (PL III, tig. c). Herba aquatica. 

 Rhizomata parva. Folia '5-2 - 2 cm. longa, supra 3-6 mm. lata, obovata 

 vel obovato-elliptica, apice obtusa, basi attenuata, glabra. Petiohts 

 3-8 mm. longus, planus. Pedicellus 3 mm. longus, teres, glaber. 

 Calyx 2' 75 mm. longus ; segnienta 1'25 mm. longa, ovato-elliptica, 

 apice subacuta, glabra. Tubus corollae 4 mm. longus, 4'5 mm. latus, 

 glaber ; lobi 3'5 et 4 mm. longi, 1 et 2 mm. lati, oblongi, elliptico- 

 oblongi, vel oblongo-lineares, apice acuti, glabri. Filamenta 4 mm. 

 longa, plaua, glabra; antherae 1'75 mm. lougae, 2 iuferiores setosae. 

 Ovarium 1'5 mm. longum, ovatum, glabruui ; stylus 3'5 mm. longus, 

 teres ; stigma miuutum, conicuni, ciliatum. 



In a niarsh at the base of Doodman's Kraus Mountain, Drakens- 

 i, 8500 ft,, March, Galpin, 6756. Flowers purple. 



