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Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Albany. Somerset East. Stutterheim. 

 Tembuland. Pondoland. Zululand. Transvaal (Spitz Kop, near 

 Barberton, near Lydenburg, Houtboscli). 



SESUTO : Tika-letga Surrounding the lake (or pond). Use 

 unknown. 



M. capense, Hiern. 



Wittebergen, Drege; Natal, 4-7000 ft., Wood. 



DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Humansdrop. Uitenhage. Alex- 

 andria. Bathurst. Albany. Port Beaufort, Queeustown. Somerset 

 East G-raaff Reinet. Aliwal North. Colesberg. Albert. Komgha. 

 Natal. Transvaal (Pere Kop, Lydenburg, Houtboscli). 



M. sessiliflorum, Hieru. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 4-12 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 684 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Clanwilliam. Tulbagh. Worcester. Paarl. Caledon. 

 Kuysua. George. Cape. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Albany. G-raaff 

 Eeinet. Komgha, Tembuland. Poudoland. East G-riqualaud Natal. 

 G-riqualaud West. 



SESUTO : Mokhele. The name of a stick decorated with feathers and 

 cai'ried with the shield as a dance ornament. The plant having leaves 

 all along the stem is supposed to resemble the " Mokhele." 



M. orobanchoides, Engl. 



Mountain slopes. 3-12 in. high, flowers dark yellow. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 432a ! ; Thaba Unchu, Burke, 444. 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Graaff Reiuet. Aliwal North. 

 Kimberley. Natal. Bechuanaland (Mafeking). Orange Free State 

 (Sand River, near Bethulie). Transvaal (Pere Kop, Lydenburg 

 District, Houtboscli Mtn.). 



SESUTO: Seona. He who gets spoilt (or withered) quickly. Use 

 unknown. 



M. basuticum, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba parasitica, 10-28 cm. alta. 

 Caules scabridi, pilis bulbosis tecti. Folia l-3'5 em. longa, '7-1 '3 cm. 

 lata, ovata, ovato-lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, saepe acuminata, 

 apice obtusa, super subtusque dense scabrida pilis bulbosis. Flores 

 axillares, in spicani dispositi. Bracteolae 7-9 mm. longae, 1'5 mm. 

 latae, lineares, apice acutae. subtus scabridae, intus glabrae. Tubus 

 calycis 9 mm. longus, campanulatus, scabridus, intus glaber ; lobi 

 7 mm. longi, basi 4-6'5 mm. lati, ovati, apice acuti, scabridi. Tubus 

 corollae 1'3 cm. longus, campanulatus, glaber ; lobi 6 mm. longi, 6 mm. 

 lati, ovati, apice obtusi. Stamina 4 ; filamenta 7 mm. longa, linearia, 



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