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Griqualaud West. Orange Free State (Modder River). Bechuaiialand 

 (Barolong Territory). Transvaal (near Pretoria, near Johannesburg, 

 near Barberton, near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO: Tholana. The small " Thola " (round thing). "Thola" 

 is the name of many Solanaceae ; it refers to the spherical shape of the 

 fruit. A medicine for toothache. 



S. tomentosum, Linn. 



Mountain slopes. 15-30 in. high, flowers mauve. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 478! 433! (exparte). 



DISTRIBUTION: Namaqualaud Minor. Clanwilliam. Worcester. 

 Paarl. Cape. Caledou. Swellendam. Knysna. Humansdorp. 

 Uiteuhage. Albany. Port Beaufort. Queenstown. Prince Albert. 

 Somerset East. Beaufort West, Colesberg. Fraserburg. Natal. 

 Orange Free State (Orange River). 



SESUTO: Thola e nyenyane. The small "Thola." A medicine for 

 sore throat. 



S. incanum, Linn. 



Veld, mountain slopes and plateau. 10-35 in. high, flowers white 

 or mauve. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 103 ! 713!; mountain slopes above 

 the Mission Station, spreading bush, 1-3 ft. high, flowers bluish, 

 common, Phillips, 537 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5300 ft.. 

 Bolus, 8219. 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Bedford. Foi-t Beaufort. Queens- 

 town. Somerset East. Tembulaud. Pondoland. Natal. Orange 

 Free State (near Orange River, Vredet'ort). Bechuanaland (Baroloiig 

 Territory). Transvaal (near Lydenburg, near Johannesburg). 



SESUTO : Thola. See S. panduraeforme and 8. tomentosum. 



Madame Dieteiien's No. 103 has the leaves densely tomentose above 

 and agrees with a specimen collected by Dr. Kolbe at Salisbury which 

 is labelled S. incanum, Linn., in the Bolus Herbarium. 



S. capense, Linn. 



Dry places on veldt and by roadsides. 4-12 in. high, flowers white. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 136!; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 

 5400 ft., December, Bolus ! 



DISTRIBUTION : George. Kuysua. Humansdorp. Alexandria. 

 Albany. Fort Beaufort. Queenstowu. Prince Albert. Somerset 

 East. Graaff Reinet, Victoria West. Pondoland. East Griqua- 

 laud. Natal. Transvaal (near Johannesburg). 



SESUTO: Monyak/i. Meaning unknown. Moqhinyetsane. For 

 meaning see S. ,>?/_/</'/////. Used to sour milk. 



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