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S. obtusifolia, MacOw., var. angustifolia, Skau. 



Bester's Vlei,near Witzie's Hoek, 6200 ft., December, Bolus, 8240 !, 

 Flanagan, 1898 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



S. rugosa. Ait. var. linearis, Skau. 



Mountain slopes. 12-26 in. high, flowers pink. Summer. Sehong- 

 houg, on the Drakensberg. A, Dieterlen, 747 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Clauwilliam. Albany. Calviuia. Somerset East. 

 Cradock. Grraaff Reinet. Murraysburg. Sutherland. Middleburg. 

 Colesberg. 



SESUTO: Taraputsne. Meaning uukuowa. Used to brew a kiud 

 of tea. 



S. dregeana, Beuth. 



Mout-aux-Sources, 8000 ft., December, Flanagan in Herb. Bolus, 

 8241 ! ; Wittebergen, 7-8000 ft,, Drt-ge. 



DISTRIBUTION : Tarka. Cradock. Albert. 



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var. lasiocalyx, Skan. 



High mountain slopes at Lehonghoug, 8-15 in. high, flowers 

 mauve. Summer- Autumn, A. Dieterlen, 905 ! ; grassy slopes of the 

 Mont-aux-Sources, 8500 ft., January, flowers pink, Tltode, 46 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Selaoane se seholo. The big " Selaoane." Use unknown. 



var. tenuior, Skau. 



Ben McDhui, 9200 ft,, March, flowers purple, Galpin, 6817 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



S. hyssopoides, Burch. 



Veld and roadsides. 5-20 in. high, flowers pinkish-mauve. Spring- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 287 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 

 December, Bolus, 8239 ! ; Wolve Kop, Burke, 392 ; Wittebergeu, Driye, 

 3588a. 



DISTRIBUTION : Uiteuhage. Queenstowu. Cathcart. Stockeu- 

 stroom. Tarka. Grraaff Reiuet. Murraysburg. Victoria West. 

 Middleburg. Albert. Trauskei. Natal. Grriqualaud West. Bechu- 

 analaud. Transvaal (Magaliesberg, Staudertou, Vereeuigiug). 



SESUTO : Selaoane. Meaning unknown. Motlapatsu/nyana. Mean- 

 ing unknown. 



