Flora of the Leribe Plateau ami Environs. 211 



L. Kraussii, Dunal. 



River banks, veld and mountain slopes. Bush, 2-5 ft. high, 

 flowers pale mauve. Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 11 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Uitenhage. 



SESUTO : Mosiikutsoane. Meaning unknown. Moferefere. Trouble. 

 Parts of the plant are smoked as a cui'e for headache. The branches 

 are burnt and crushed, and the powder rubbed into incisions made on 

 the hands or feet as a cure for rheumatism. 



L. sp. nov. ? 



Branches pilose. Leaves solitary, 1-2 cm. long, about 1 cm. broad, 

 elliptic, acute, narrowed into a short petiole below, pilose. This was 

 a single specimen without flowers, mounted on the same sheet as 

 Dieturlen, No. 9. 



DATURA, Linn. 



D. Stramonium, Linn. 



Mountain slopes and near villages. 8-42 in. high, flowers white or 

 mauve. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 91 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Colesberg. Transvaal (Pretoria, Lyden- 

 burg ) . 



SESUTO : Lechoe. Letjoi. Meanings unknown. A decoction is 

 prepared from the- plant with which to bathe bruises. Although a 

 weed, this plant is found in native villages, where it serves as a 

 shelter for chic -ens tint would otherwise fall an easv prey to the 

 hawks. 



NICOTIANA, Linn. 



N. glauca, R. Graham. 



Kloofs and mountain slopes. Shrub, 6-9 ft. high, flowers yellow. 

 Autumn. Fu bane, Leribe District. A. Dieterlen, 849 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Common as an escape throughout South Africa. 



SESUTO : Tabaka Bume. Tobacco tree (Dutch" Tabak Boein "'). 



N. rustica, Linn. 



A cultivated plant. 15-35 in. high, flowers gyellow. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 45 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Introduced. 



SESUTO: Koae. Tobacco. The leaves are smoked, also made into 

 a snuff. Given to children with a cold in the head to make them 

 sneeze. 



