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DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Worcester. Ceres. East 

 Griqualand. Griqualand West. Transvaal (Barberton). 



SESUTO: Moluoane. Meaning unknown. A preparation for use in 

 burns is made from it. The " Lefehlo," a stick used in starting a fire 

 by friction, is made from the branches. Also used for fuel. 



S. Woodii, Seem. 



Caledon Eiver at Metlotloaueng. Flowers white. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 314b ! ; a small overhanging tree on the banks of the 

 Caledon Eiver, Phillips ! ; Orange Free State, Albertina, 5-6000 ft., 

 February, flowers white, Wood, 9769 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Moluoane. Meaning unknown. See notes under S. 

 capensis. 



MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



H YD KOCH ARID E A K. 



LAGAROS1PHON, Ha, -v. 

 L. cf. L. muscoides, Harv. 



River Hlotsi, Makokoane, Leribe District. November. A. Die- 

 terlen, 1031 ! 



SESUTO : Joang ba metsi. The grass of the water. The specimen 

 is without flowers or fruit. 



ORCHIDEAE. 



EULOPHIA, E. Br. 

 E. flaccida, Schltr. 



Mountain slopes. 10-18 in. high, flowers yellow and green. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 405b ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Natal. 



SESUTO : Lekoesha. The astrigeut one (a reference to the astringent 

 nature of the tubers). LekJwlela. That which grows of itself (re- 

 ferring to the fact that the plant propagates itself vegetatively bv 

 means of the underground tubers). Another meaning of the same 

 word is : " He who tears or snatches away (tli" disease)." The burnt 

 tubers are crushed and the powder placed in incisions made on sore 

 limbs. The natives say the medicine snatches away the pain. Among 

 the Orchidean the natives only employ species of Eulophia medicinally, 

 as indicated above. See also under E. hians. 



