234 Annals of the South African Museum. 



SESUTO : Moholu oa pela. The stomach of the rock-rabbit. Bolilana 

 ba linonyana. The small sorrel (or beer) of the birds. Ha a na morena. 

 It has no chief. Use unknown. 



HYPOESTES, R. Br. 

 H aristata, E. Br. 



Natal, De Beer's Pass, 5-6000 ft,, March, flowers white, Wood, 

 6022 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Knysua. Humansilorp. Missel Bay. Eobertsou. 

 Uiteiihage. Port Elizabeth. Albany. Bathurst. King William's 

 Town. Orange Free State. Transvaal (Houtbosch, Barberton). 



SELAGINEAE. 



HEBENSTEEITIA, Linn. 

 H polystachya, Harv. 



Oraiige Free State, Drakensberg, Cooper, 1014; Natal, Oliver's 

 Hoek, at the sources of the Tugela River, 5000 ft , Allison. . 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (Spitz Kop, Houtbosch, near 

 Barberton). 



H. Sutherland!, Eolfe. 



Basutoland, 8000 ft., Hellish in Sanderson's Herb., 634. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. comosa, Hoclist. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 15-38 in high, flowers white and 

 brown, sweet-scented. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 247 ! ; ravine on west 

 slopes of plateau, flowers white, Phillips, 580 ! N.E. slopes of plateau, 

 flowers white with a red throat, Phillips, 824 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Clriqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Pilgrim's 

 Best). 



SESUTO : Tsitvane. Meaning unknown. Mixed with fat to make a 

 perfumed ointment. 



H. Cooperi, Eolfe. 



Basutoland, near Morija, Cooper, 7o7 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. Cooperi, Eolfe, forma. 



Summit of the Mout-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January, Flanagan, 

 1991! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



