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SESTJTO : Sehlapetsu. Meaning unknown. A medicine prepared 

 from this is taken in cases of irregular menstruation. A lotion for 

 bathing tired and feverish patients is also made from the plant. 



LIMOSELLA, Linn. 



L. aquatica, Linn, var. tenuifolia, Hook. f. 



River bed at Hlotse. |-2 in. high, flowers pale mauve. Spring 

 (October). A. Dieterlen, 810 ! ; marsh at base of Doodman's Kraus 

 Mtu., 8500 ft., March, Galpin, 6806 ; top of Quaqua Mtu., Witzie's 



Hoek, Thode. 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. Queeustown. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Orange Free State. Transvaal (Lake Chrissie, Trigard's Fonteiu, near 

 Bronkhurst Eiver). 



SESUTO : Pua-metsi. The water mole. Used by the witch-doctor 

 when working the divining bones. 



L. major, Diels. 



Water courses. 2-6 in. high, flowers pale mauve. Spring-Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 535a ! ; stream on plateau, flowers white, Phillips, 785. 



DISTRIBUTION : East G-riqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Aapie's 

 Eiver, near Johannesburg, Houtbosch, near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Tsika-metsi. Around the water. Yoang ba metsi. The 

 grass of the water. See note under L. aquatica, var. 



L. longiflora, O. Kuntze. 



Van Eeenen's Pass, 6000 ft., Kuntze, 108. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



L. capensis, Thunb. 



Water courses. 12 in. high, flowers mauve. Spring-Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 535b ! ; Ben McDhui, 9700 ft., March, Galpin, 6807. 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Malmesbury. Cape. Eiversdale. 

 Swellendam. Uitenhage. Queenstown. Sutherland. Albert. Molteno. 

 Middleburg. G-raaff Eeinet. Orange Free State (Sand Eiver Hills, 

 Zaai Hoek, near Vredefort Eoad). Ti'ansvaal (between Porter and 

 Trigard's Fontein). 



SESUTO : Yoang ba tnetsi bo bonyenyane. The small grass of the 

 water. Tsika-tnetsi e nyenyane. The small " Tsika-metsi." See note 

 under L. aquatica, var. 



L. grandiflora, Benth. 



In standing water on plateau. 2-4 in. high, flowers mauve. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 682 ! 



