262 Annals of the South African Museum. 



E. aemula, Schltr. 



Caledon Eiver, Burke ; Harrismith, Sankey, 257 ; Eland's River 

 Valley, near the Mont-aux-Sources, 6000 ft., January, Flanagan, 1984 t 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Transkei. Tembuland. Natal. Trans- 

 vaal (Magaliesberg, Barberton, Lydenburg, Pretoria, Heidelberg). 



E. Flanagan!, Bolus. 



Methotloaneng, on the banks of the Caledon. 12-20 in. high,, 

 flowers lilac. Spring. A. Diet>rlen, 861 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. Aliwal North. Komgha. 



SESTTTO : Lekholela. See E. flaccida. ' Mametsana. The mother of 

 the little water. This is an allusion to the watery nature of the 

 tubers. The native children eat the tubers freely, so much so, that 

 orchids are becoming rare in Basutoland. 



E. hians, Spreug. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 12-18 in. high, flowers dark violet. 

 Spring. A. Dieterlen, 291 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. George. Bathurst. Albany. Bedford. 

 Fort Beaufort. Stockenstroom. Queenstown. Cathcart. Komgha. 

 Transkei. Tembuland. East Griqualaud. Natal. Orange Free 

 Sta.te (Bethlehem). Transvaal (various localities). 



SESUTO : Mahi'ilahanya. These arising in succession adhering one 

 with another. (An allusion to thu manner in which the tubers are 

 formed). Moisatt'lea. He who goes far. (An allusion to growth of 

 the plant). Ret? la ntja. The testicle of a dog. Lekholela. See 

 E. flaccida. The tubers of this plant or E. hians (or both) are placed 

 in a clay pot filled with water. This water is drunk daily by barren 

 women (the pot being kept full by the addition of fresh supplies) 

 for four months, after which they become pregnant. 



E. robust a, Eolfe. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 12-18 in. high, flowers pale mauve 

 and violet, Spring. A. Dieterlen, 134!; Natal, Oliver's Hoek, 

 sources of the Tugela River, 4000 ft., Allison, B. ; Drakeusbergen in 

 Basutolaud, Sanderson, 628. 



DISTRIBUTION : Tenibuland, East Griqualaud. Natal. Orange 

 Free State (Bethlehem, Ventersburg). Transvaal (Magaliesberg, 

 Mooi River, near Heidelberg, Barbertou, Pilgrim's Rest, Johannes- 

 burg, Pretoria, Carolina). 



SESUTO : Lekholela la Mati-bele. The " Lekholela " of the Matabele. 

 Lekoesha. See E. flaccida. Moisatelea. See E. hians. See also note 

 under E. hians. 



