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DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Uitenhage. Fort Beaufort. Cath- 

 cart. Jausenville. Cradock. Grraaff Reinet. Komgha. Trauskei or 

 Tembuland. Natal. 



SESTJTO : Seona. See Melasma orobanclwides. The natives have 

 observed that wheu this plant appears abundantly in the lauds the 

 crops suffer. See articles under " Rooibloem " in the 'Agricultural 

 Journal.' 



S. Thunbergii, Beuth. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 6-15 in. high, flowers dark violet. 

 Summer Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 527 ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, flowers pinkish, 

 Phillips, 984!; Basutolaud, without precise locality, Cooper, 2832; 

 Wolve Kop, Tliaba Uuchu, and the Caledon River, Burke ; Witte- 

 bergen, Drege, 2297d. 



DISTRIBUTION: Uitenhage. Albany. Fort Beaufort. Queenstown. 

 Cradock. G-raaff Reinet. Albert. Stockeustroom. Komgha. 

 Transkei. Poudoland. East Gfriqualand. Natal. Bee huaria laud 

 i !i>'ar Hamaprey). Orange Free State (Bloemfontein). Transvaal 

 (Johannesburg, near Lydenburg, near Heidelberg, Kudu's Poort, Pre- 

 toria, Magaliesberg, Rustenburg). 



SESUTO : Seona. See Melasma or obancJi miles. 



S. elegans, Benth. 



Veld, inounlain slopes, and plateau. 3-9 in. high, flowers pink or 

 white. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 526 ! ; slopes between the Mission 

 Station and Jonathan's Village, flowers pale pink, occasional, Phillips, 

 561!; Thaba Unchu, Burke, 443!, Zet/Jtrr, 1278!; between Kraai 

 River and the Wittebergen, 4-5000 ft., Dri><je, 3591b ; Caledon River, 

 Burke, 369 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. Queenstown. Cathrart. Stutterheim. 

 Albert. Komgha. Transkei. Teinbuland Natal. Bechuanaland 

 (at Hamaprey, between Maf eking and Ramoutsa). Ti-ansvaal (near 

 Pretoria, Botsalielo, near Standertou, near Lydenburg. nt-ai' Bronk- 

 hurst Road, Johannesburg). 



SESUTO : >Vo my. See 



S. lutea, Lour 



Veld. 3-10 in. high, flowers bright red. Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 

 699! 



DISTRIBUTION : Fort Beaufort. Bathurst. East G-riqualand. Natal. 

 Delagoa Bay. Bechuanaland (Mafeking). Transvaal (Matabele 

 Valley, near Pretoria, Barberton, near Lydenburg . 



SESUTO : Seona. ,See Mtlasma orobanchoides 



