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Approaches B. Stainbankiae, C. B. Cl., and B. dilatata, C. B. Cl., 

 but differs from the former in the bracts arid calyx being almost 

 glabrous and having blue flowers ; from the latter it differs in not 

 having spiny leaf-margins and having differently shaped calyx-lobes. 



Roadside at Mokollong, Maseru District. Summer (February) 



A. Dieterlen, 976! 



SESUTO : Mohlahalane. A small swelling. Maraptjane. Meaning 

 unknown. An infusion made from this plant is said to be valued as 

 a cure for colds. 



CRABBEA, Harv. 

 C. hirsuta, Harv. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 2-5 in. high, flowers pale pink. 

 Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 243! ; west slopes of plateau, leaves 

 flat on ground, flowers white, occasional, Phillips, 646 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Alexandria. Komgha. Trauskei. East G-riqua- 

 land. Natal (Ixopo, 4-5000 ft.). Swaziland. Transvaal (Barberton, 

 Johannesburg, near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Letsoeyana. A small breast. Mereko. Meaning unknown. 

 This plant is much used by the witch-doctors in conjunction with the 

 divining bones. 



BARBERIA, Linn. 



B. ovata, E. Mey. 



Stony hills near Slojoana's Kraal, Witzie's Hoek, c. 6300 ft., January, 

 flowers purple, Thode,4<5 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft. 

 January, Flanagan, 1988 ! ; near Eland's River, 6300 ft., December, 

 flowers blue, Bolus, 8289!; Mout-aux-Sources, 9500 ft,, October, 

 flowers purple. A. Bolus in Herb. GutJirie, 4889 ! ; mountains of 

 Basutoland, Thode ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Pondoland. Natal. Swaziland. Transvaal 

 (Barberton, near Lydenburg, Spitz Ko]>, Crocodile River). 



JUSTICIA, Linn. 

 J. ? Brycei, C. B. Cl. 



Basutoland, near the summit of Machacha, 10000 ft., Bryce. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



ISOG-LOSSA, Oerst. 

 I. Macowanii, C. B. Cl. 



Mountain slopes. 10-40 in. high, flowers white and crimson. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 578 ! 578b ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. Somerset East. Natal. 



