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Queeustown. Calvinia. Worcester. Beaufort West. Somerset 

 East. Graaff Reinet. Aberdeen. Griqualand West. Orange Free 

 State ( Bloemf ontein) . Becliuaiialaud. Transvaal (Waterval River, 

 near Johannesburg ; . 



SESUTO-: Ntln ea makhoaba. The house of the rook. Sendkdnuk>~> 

 and Maehiehe. Meanings imkuown. Before the introduction of 

 matches into Basutolaud, a stick prepared from this plant was used to 

 kindle a fire by means of friction. Used as fuel. 



R. sp. (deflorate). 



Mountain slopes, Leribe. A. Dieterlen, 715! 



SESUTO : Mohloare-thatjane. The hard " Mohloare " (Olive tree). 

 Walking sticks are made from the hard wood. 



EUCLEA, Murr. 

 E. coriacea, A. DC. 



Mountain slopes and ravines. A tree, flowers cream. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 195 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstowu. Graaff Reinet, 



SESUTO : Balikokotana. The father of the round objects (so named 

 on account of the round fruits). PJiolo-li-kokoto. The oxen (fruits) 

 are round. Phele-li-kokofo and Thele-li-kokoto. The fruits which are 

 round. Used in the form of a decoction together with E. lanceolata 

 or alone to'wash the divining bones in order to give them accuracy- 

 Also employed as a purgative. 



E. lanceolata, E. Mey. 



Mountain slopes. 7-10 ft. high, flowers greenish. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 63 ! ; Basutolaud, without precise locality, Cooper, 8464, 

 3481 ; in Pot River Berg Forest, 5500 ft,, March, Galpin, 6770. 



DISTRIBUTION : Swellendain. Knysna. George. Uniondale. 

 Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Albany. Queenstown. Calvinia 

 Somerset East. Beaufort West. King William's Town. Transkei. 

 Natal. Transvaal (Magaliesberg, near Middleburg ; Pretoria, near 

 Johannesburg) . 



SESUTO : Hohlakolo. He who wipes. Motsetlela. Meaning un- 

 known. Used as fuel. See also note under E. coriacea. 



E. multiflora, Hiern. 



Basutoland (doubtful), Cooper, 3488. 



DISTRIBUTION : Clanwilliam. Tulbagh. Humansdorp. Uitenhage 

 Albany. Bathurst. ISTatal. 



