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DISTRIBUTION : Transkei. Natal. Swaziland. Transvaal (Barber- 

 ton, Zoutpansberg). 



A. stellifera, Schltr. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 5-12 in. high, flowers mauve and 

 pinkish. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 261 ! ; Basutoland, without precise 

 locality, Cooper, 2"21, 2735 ; Natal, Klip River, Sutherland. 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Aliwal North. Transkei. Griqua- 

 land West. Orange Free State (Bethlehem). Transvaal (near 

 Johannesburg, Barberton, Zuikerbosch Eand, Heidelberg, Springbok 

 Flats, Modderfontein). 



SESUTO : Moholantja. He who attracts dogs. 



A. multicaulis, Schltr. 



Veld and mountain slopes. A creeping plant, 4-9 in. long, flowers 

 violet. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 116 !; Basutoland, without precise 

 locality, Cooper, 935 ; Harrismith, Sankey, 183 ; Wittebergen, Drege, 

 Ladybrand, c. 6000 ft., Bertha Rogers in Herb. Solus, 13430 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Transkei. Natal. Orange Free 

 State (Bethlehem). Transvaal ( Witkleif ontein) . 



SESUTO : Lenkiling. Meaning unknown. Lekhoaphela. He who 

 draws his legs together when sitting on the ground (an allusion to 

 the habit of the plant, whose branches lie close to one another on the 

 ground). The plant is eaten freely, either cooked or raw. 



A. brevicuspis, Schltr. 



Basutolaud, without precise locality, Cooper, 2721 bis, 2724. 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. King William's Town. Pondoland. 

 Natal. Zululaud. Transvaal (near Piet Retief). 



A. gibba, Schltr. 



Wittebergen, Drege, 4973 ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 

 December, Bolus, 8113 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. Bedford. Stockenstrooni. Queenstown. 

 Somerset East. Molteno. Komgha. Transkei. Tembuland. Pondo- 

 land. East G-riqualand. Natal. Orange Free State (Vredefort). 

 Transvaal (near Pretoria, Ermelo, Standerton, Modderfontein). 



var. media, N. E. Br. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, Bolus, 8113 ; Caledon River, 

 Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : Zululand. Swaziland. Transvaal (Stauderton, 

 Magaliesberg, Rustenberg, Nylstroom). 



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