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Streams, Crocodile River, Johannesburg, Modderfontein, Pilgrim's 

 Best, Hebron). 



SESUTO : Moethimolo. He who causes sneezing. Molimolo. He 

 who reveals. Lebeyana. Small cream. Used as a cure for a cold in 

 the head. The silky hairs of the seeds are used to make pillows. 



A. humilis, Schltr. 



Basutoland, Machacha Mountain, Bryce ; Mont-aux-Sources, 

 8000 ft,, Flanagan in Herb. Bolus, 8117; Caledon Range, Tlwde, 39; 

 Wittebergen, 6-7000 ft., Drege, 3240. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



A. adscendens, Schltr. 



Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 2720. 



DISTRIBUTION : East G-riqualand. Swaziland. Transvaal (Bar- 

 berton, Rustenberg, Heidelberg, Pretoria, Springbok Flats, Irene, 

 Matebas Valley, Modderfontein). 



PACHYCARPUS, E. Hey. 



P. rigidus, E. Mey. 



Mountain slopes. Flowers yellowish-purple. Summer. Sebothvaue, 

 near Leribe, A. Dieterlen, 377a ! ; Matelas Peak, Thode, 34. 



DISTRIBUTION : Tarkastad. Aliwal North. Orange Free State 

 (near Bethlehem). Transvaal (Mooi River, Ermelo). 



SESUTO : Phoma-metsu. He who cuts the arrows (or thorns). 

 Leshokoana. The small " Leshokhoa." Used for curing colic pains 

 (the natives compare the pains to arrows piercing the intestines). In 

 spring the plant is used as a vegetable. 



var. tridens, E. Mey. 



At the foot of the Wittebergen, Drege, 6393. 



DISTRIBUTION: Queenstown. Orange Free State (Bethlehem). 

 Transvaal (Witkleifoutein). 



P. macrochilus, N. E. Br. 



Harrismith, Sankey, 181 ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 

 6200 ft., Bolus, 8115 ; Flanagan, 2067 ; Mont-aux-Sources, 7800 ft., 

 Thode, 35. 



DISTRIBUTION: Orange Free State (Bethlehem). 



P. stenoglossus, N. E. Br. 



Wittebergen, 6-7000 ft., Drege, 3419 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



