186 Annals of the Mouth African Muteuni. 



MYRSINEAE. 



MYRSINE, Linn. 

 M. africana, Linn. 



Mountain slopes and ravines. 4-8 ft. high, flowers white. Spring. 

 A. Dieterlfn, 64a ! 64b ! ; common undershrub in ravines, PJiilli/ix, 

 578 ! 784 ! ; Basutoland, witliout precise locality, Cooper, 738 ! 2697 ; 

 Natal, near Van Reenen, Schleckter, 6999. 



DISTRIBUTION : Van Khynsdorp. Olanwilliam. Cape. Caledon. 

 Swellendam. Knysna. Uitenhage. Albany. Queenstown. Oath- 

 cart. Somerset East. Aberdeen. Middelburg. East Griqualand. 

 Transvaal (Shiluvane, near Blauw Bank). 



SESUTO : Thakhisa. A peg. Morokoana-pheleu. He who sews the 

 rams. Pegs are made from the wood to pin skins to the ground when 

 drying. Also given to rams to prevent them covering the ewes before 

 the proper time. 



EBBNACEAE. 



ROYENA, Linn. 

 R. lucida, Linn. 



Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 2157 ; Orange Free 

 State, Drakensberg, Cooper, 1062 ! ; in Pot River Berg Forest, 5500 ft., 

 March, Galpin, 6769 ; Natal, Van Reeneu's Pass, Rehmann, 7242, 

 5-6000 ft., December, flowers yellow tinged with pink, Wood, 9728 ! ; 

 Drakensberg, at Mount Prospect, Behmann, 6998 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Malmesbury. Tulbagh. 

 Cape. Caledon. Swelleudam. Knysna. Uitenhage. Albany. Fort 

 Beaufort. Stockenstroom. Cathcart. Somerset East. East Griqua- 

 land. Orange Free State (without locality). 



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R. villosa, Linn. 



Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 2687 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Albany. Bathurst. Natal. Orange 

 Free State (without locality). 



R. hirsuta, Linn. 



Mountain slopes. 5-8 ft. high, flowers crimson. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 144a ! 144b ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, Miss Jacobsz 

 in Herb. Bolus, 8118 ! ; Natal, near Van Reeuen, 5500 ft., Schleckter, 

 6956, Wood, 5658. 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Clanwilliam. Malmesbury. 

 Cape. Caledon. Swelleudam. Uniondale. Humansdorp. Albany. 



