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linear, channelled . Stamens alternating with the corolla segments ; 

 filaments 3'5 mm. long, narrow above, slightly widened towards the 

 base, glabrous ; anthers T5 mm. long, linear, glabrous. Ovary 2'5 mm. 

 long, ovate in outline, glabrous ; style T5 mm long, terete ; stigma 

 capitate, fringed with hairs. 



Very near C. digitata, Willd., from which it is distinguished by 

 having glabrous stamens. 



C. sp. 



Natal, climbing over shrubs at Polela, 5-6000 ft,, April, Wood, 

 4569. 



LIGHTFOOTIA, L'Her. 

 L. Huttoni, Soud. 



Natal, Van Reenen, 5-6000 ft,, January, Wood, 8800. 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockenstroom. Transkei. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Swaziland. 



var. 



Natal, Mawahqua, 6-7000 ft., April, Wood, 4599. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



L. denticulata, Sond. 



Hills and mountain slopes. 2-8 in. high, flowers dark violet. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, oo2 ! ; Caledon River, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Natal. Transvaal. 



SESUTO : Boloa. A love philter. A decoction is made from the 

 plant with which women, especially the wives of polygamists, bathe 

 themselves, believing that by so doing they will be loved by their 

 husbands. 



L. albens, Spreng. 



Mountain slopes. 1 o ft. high, flowers yellow. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 402 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Caledon. Uitenhage. Komgha. Orange Free 

 State (Orange River) . 



SESUTO : Tloatlvatsane. Derived from the verb " ho tloatloatsa " 

 to crack or make a noise. Used as fuel. 



L. Dieterlenii, Phillips, sp. nov. Planta 10-32 cm. alta. Kami 



pubescentes. Folia erecta, -4-1-5 cm. longa, -5-2'5 mm. lata, linearia 



vel ovato-linearia, apice obtusa, basi semiamplexicaulia, subtus uni- 



costata, glabra ; margiues recurvae, deutatae. Flores axillares vel 



'terminates. Pedicellus ad 1'5 mm. longus. Tubus Qalyci 1-2 mm. 



