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SESUTO : Mophethu oa loti. The "Mophethu" of the high mountain. 

 Sehala hala sa bophirimela. Tlie bush of the west. Use unknown. 



S. nutans, Rolfe. 



Wittebergen, in valleys and rugged grassy places. 4500-7500 ft., 

 Drege. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



S. sp. (near S. Schlechteri, Rolfe). 



Basutolaud, near the Buffalo River Waterfall, 8200 ft,, March. 

 Galpin, 6816. 



VERBENACEAE. 



LANTANA, Linn. 

 L. salvifolia, Jacq. 



Slopes of Makhoarane Mountain, Morija, flowers pink. Autumn 

 (April). A. Dieterlen, 980! 



DISTRIBUTION : Mossel Bay. Uitenhage. Alexandria. Albany. 

 Fort Beaufort. Beaufort West. Gfraaff Reiuet. Cradock. Somerset 

 East. Komgha. Trauskei. Tembuland. Natal. Bechuanaland, 

 Orange Free State (Vaal River). Transvaal (Aapie's River, Hout- 

 boseh. near Pretoria. Johannesburg). 



SESUTO : Mabels mabutsoa pele. The first ripened Kaffir COITL. 

 Monokotsoai oa makhoaba a matona. The mulberry of the male 

 crow. One of the strongly rooted superstitions among the Basutos 

 is that if a plant whose fruits ripen early is burnt in the lands, the 

 smoke will cause the grain to also ripen early. This custom is called 

 " mobe seletso." Lantana salvifolia is largely used for this purpose. 



BOUCHEA, Cham. 

 B. adenostachya, Schauer. 



Oranue Free State, low situations on the Witte Bergen, Bowker, 

 705. 



DISTRIB-UTION : Griqualand West. Bechuanalaud. 



VERBENA, Linn. 

 V. venosa, Grill, et Hook. 



Mountain slopes, Morija. 6-20 in. high, flowers purple. Summer- 

 Autumn (April). A . Dieterlen, 997 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Transvaal (Lydenburg). 



SESUTO: Morfili. Derived from the verb "ho rola " TH put down 

 what one carries on the head (e.g. a hat or pot). A decoction of the 



