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13. stenophylla, Burch. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 8-15 in. high, flowers lilac, Spring- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 196c ! ; very common, forms large patches, 

 Phillips, 894 ! ; Orange Free State, Wittebergen, Bowker, 658. Orange 

 ;and Caledon Rivers, B^lrke, Mrs. Hutton ; Harrisniith, Sankey, 229. 



DISTRIBUTION : TJitenhage. Fort Beaufort. Queeustown. Graaff 

 Reinet. Beaufort West Albert. Alice. Natal. Griqualand West. 

 Bechuanaland. . Orange Free State (Bethlehem). Transvaal (Potchef- 

 :stroom, Warm Bath). 



SESUTO : Mosisili. Meaning unknown. Mixed with tobacco to give 

 it a flavour. The smoke is said to disinfect a hut where there has 

 ibeen sickness and to drive away bugs. 



:S. runcinata, Linn. f. 



Veld and mountain slopes, 10-20 in. high, flowers lilac. Spring- 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 196A ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Caledon. Riversdale. Uiteuhage. Transkei. 

 'Griqualand West. Transvaal (Waterval Boveu, Leeuwport, Fourteen 

 Streams). 



SESUTO : Mosisili. Meaning unknown. See S. stenophylla. 



S. repens, Burch. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, flowers lilac. Spring- 

 Summer. A. Divierlen, 196s! ; slopes of Malavaneug, Leribe District. 

 8-24 in. high, flowers white or mauve, January, A. Dieterlen, 956!, 

 958!, Potsane, Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 923!; common in 

 ravines and slopes round Leribe plateau, bush 1-2 ft., flowers blue 

 or mauve, Phillips, 536 ! 576 ! 589 ! 615 ! 708 ! 818 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Alexandria, Albany. Somerset East. Graaff 

 Reinet. Middleburg. Wodehouse. Albert. 



SESUTO: Mosisili. Meaning unknown. Hositili oa l~,ti (923). 

 " Mosisili " of the high mountains. See S. stenophylla. 

 S. Cooperi, Skan. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, December, Bolus, 8237 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualaud. Natal. 



ACROTOME, BentJi. 

 A. inflata, Benth. 



Veld, roadside and cultivated lands. 12-30 in. high, flowers a 

 very pale mauve. Summer-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 89 ! ; mountain 

 slopes behind the Mission Station, a herbaceous plant, 12-18 in. high, 

 flowers white, occasional, Phillips, 515 1 



