210 Annals of the South African Museum. 



PHYSALIS, Linn. 



P. peruviana, Linn. 



Lefi's Kloof, N.E. slopes of Leribe plateau, flowers yellow with a 

 dark centre, Phillips, 845 ! ; Basutoland, Mequatleng, Cooper, 710 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Knysna. Transvaal (near Lydenburg). 

 This is the " Cape Gooseberry." 



WITHANIA, Pauq. 

 W. somnifera, Dim. 



Mountain slopes. 10-40 in. high, flowers cream. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 14 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Cape. Swellendam. Oudtshooru. 

 Uitenhage. Alexandria. Albany. Somerset East. Fraserburg. 

 Beaufort West. Graaff Reinet. Aliwal North. Tembuland. Natal. 

 Griqualaud West. Transvaal (Wonderboom Poort, Lebombo 

 Mountains). 



SESUTO : Moferangope. He who overhangs a donga. Bofepha. 

 Meaning unknown., The natives believe that through witchcraft a 

 small reptile (" nohana ") may be introduced into the body. To get 

 lid of this animal a decoction of the plant is either drunk or taken as 

 an enema, or the burnt plant is powdered, mixed with fat, and the 

 anus rubbed with the mixture. Madame Dieterlen states that it is 

 only since the Morosi war of 1879 that this belief has gained currency 

 in Basutoland. 



NICANDRA, Adans. 

 N. physaloides, Gaertn. 



Mountain slopes and as an escape in gardens. 5-38 in. high, flowers 

 mauve. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 621 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria, near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : LinyooJco. Gall bladders (in reference to the shape of the 

 calyx). 



LYCIUM, Linn. 

 L. acutifolium, E. Mey. 



Mountain slopes. Shrub, 5-8 ft. high, flowers mauve. Autumn, 

 Cana, Tejatejanay District. A. Dieterlen, 9 ! (ex parte). 



DISTRIBUTION : Transkei. Tembuland. Natal. 



SESUTO : Moretlo. Moretloa. Meanings unknown. The smoke 

 from the burning plant is supposed to drive away an approaching 

 hailstorm. 



