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DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Somerset East. Komgha. 

 East Griqualand. Natal. G-riqualand West. Orange Free State 

 {Modder River Drift, Vet Eiver). Transvaal (near Lydenburg, 

 Pretoria, Rooiplaat, near Barberton, Potgieter's Rust). 



SESUTO : Bohome bo bolelele (986). The tall " Bohome." MoMwafJia- 

 KJtoale (986). He who pokes the partridges. Lenamo (41). He who 

 spreads. Bohomane (41). The small "Bohome." Dieterlen (41) is 

 .a small-leaf form, with the leaves densely pubescent beneath. 



ALTERNANTHERA, Forsk. 



A. Achyrantha, R. Br. 



G-arden of the Residency at Maseru. A creeping plant 4-12 in. 

 long, flowers whitish. Autumn (April). A. Dieterlen, 982 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Alice. Pondoland. G-riqualand 

 West. Transvaal (Daspoort). 



SESUTO : Bohome bo namang. The creeping " Bohome." Use un- 

 known. 



CHENOPODIACEAE. 



CHENOPOD1UM, Linn. 

 C. ambrosioides, Linn. 



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Veld, road-sides, and round villages. 20-50 in. high, flowers cream. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 409 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Albany. Queeustowu. Komgha. 

 Natal. Transvaal (Pretoria). 



SESUTO : Setla-bocha. The new-comer. Setlana se habea. The 

 plant has fits. MokhanJcha. He who smells. Pdea e kholo. The big 

 " Poea." Derived from the verb " ho boea " to return (the plant 

 appears each season at the same place). A weed introduced into 

 Basutoland. 



C. murale. Linn. 



Shady spots on mountain slopes. 6-25 in. high, flowers greenish- 

 yellow. Winter (June). A. Itieterlen, 824 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Albany. Murraysburg. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Pretoria, near Lydenburg). 



SESUTO : Thumana or T humane. Meaning and use unknown. 



C. album, Linn. 



Veld and in cultivated lands. 10-50 in. high, flowers green. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 77 ! 



