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T. sp. (cf. T. angulosum, DC.). 



Mountain slopes. 8-18 in. high, flowers white. Summer Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 462a ! 



SESUTO : Marakalle. See A. Dieterlen ISTo. 953 above. Lisin-li-lale. 

 See A. Dieterlen No. 462b above. Used in cases of heart-burn. 



T. sp. 



Mountain slopes. 4-15 in. high, flowers white. Spring. A. Dieter- 

 len, 735 ! 



SESUTO : Marakalle a manyenyane. The small " Marakalle." Used 

 for chest colds. 



COLPOON, Berg. 

 C. compression, Berg. 



Kavines and mountain slopes. A tree, flowers yellow. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 248 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Riversdale. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. 

 Komgha. Natal. 



SESUTO : Mofetola- He who causes to change. Used for tanning 

 skins. Pointed sticks are made from the branches and used for stirring- 

 meat in the cooking-pots. 



EUPHORBIACEAE. 



EUPHORBIA, Linn. 

 E. basutica, Marl. 



Mountain slopes. Flowers yellow. Summer. Lihlatsoaneng, 

 Leribe District, A Dieterlen, 415! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Sehloku. Meaning unknown. A lotion is prepared from 

 this to bathe swollen feet. Together with Berkheya onopordifolia, it is 

 used as a cure for leprosy. At present there is a native at the Leper 

 Settlement, Maseru, who pretends to cure leprosy by means of these 

 plants. 



E. striata, Thunb. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 15-35 in. high, flowers green and yellow. 

 Spring-Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 351 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Komgha. East Griqualand. Transvaal (Magalies- 

 berg. ) 



SESUTO : Mohlatsisa. He who procures vomiting. Matsoane. 

 The small black things. Put in sour milk to give it a pleasant 

 taste. 



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