228 Annals <>f the South African Museum. 



SOPUBIA, Hamilt. 

 S. simplex, Hochst. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft., December, Bolus, 

 8232! 



DISTRIBUTION : Kirysna. Uitenhage. Komgha. Pondoland. Teni- 

 bulaucl. Natal. Zululand. Transvaal (Magaliesberg, Devil's Kantoor, 

 Heidelberg). 



S. cana, Harv. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 6-18 in. high, flowers pink. Summer. 



A. Dieterlen, 336 ! ; ravine (Lefi's Kloof) on N.E. slopes of Leribe 

 plateau, flowers pink, among grass at the entrance of Kloof, Phillips, 

 852! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5000ft., December, Flanagan, 

 2087 ! ; Bolus, 8233 ! 



DISTRIBUTION . Natal. Swaziland. Transvaal (Barberton, near 

 Lydenburg, Houtbosch, near Pretoria, Wilge Eiver). 



SESUTO : Pidumo-tsoeu. The white gnu. A decoction made from 

 this plant and Salvia runcinata is taken by pregnant women who are 

 threatened with a miscarriage ; also used in cases of painful men- 

 struation. 



S. trifida, Hamilt. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 7-22 in. high, flowers carmine. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 443. 



DISTRIBUTION: Natal. Transvaal (Hell's Grate, Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Khototieo ea liliba. The " Khototieo " of the springs. 

 Lebohlollo. Meaning unknown. Use unknown. 



BUCHNEEA, Linn. 



B. dura, Benth. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 6-22 in. high, flowers white. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 752 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Ceres. Worcester. Caledou. Knysna. Uiten- 

 hage. Port Elizabeth. Alexandria. Bathurst. Albany. King 

 William's Town. Stutterheim. Komgha. Trauskei. Tembuland. 

 Pondoland. Natal. Swaziland. Transvaal (Barberton, Spitzkop, 

 near Middleburg). 



SESUTO : Seona. See Melasma orobanchoides. 



B. reducta, Hiern. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 3-8 in. high, flowers dark violet. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 680 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal (no locality). 



SESUTO : Seona, See Melasma orobanchoides. 



