264 Annals of the South African Museum. 



E. aculeata, Spreng. 



Plateau at " Lithayaneng." 12 in. high, flowers pure white. Spring- 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 856 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Stellenbosch. Caledon. Eiversdale. George. 

 Knysna. Humaiisdorp. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Albany. 

 Somerset East. Tembulaud. Transvaal (Barbertou). 



SESUTO : Lekholela. See E. flaccida. 



E. foliosa, Bolus. 



Mountain slopes and plateau at Malavaneng. 8-18 in. high, flowers 

 green, yellow and crimson, or dark violet and green. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 739 ! 865 !; Natal, Van Eeenen's Pass, 5-6000 ft,, Wood, 

 5863. 



DISTRIBUTION : Transkei. Tembuland. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Zululand. Swaziland. Orange Free State (no locality). Transvaal 

 (Houtbosch, near Heidelberg, Carolina, Eland's Spruit Eange, 

 Belfast). 



SESUTO : Lekholela. See E. flaccida. 'Mametsana. See E. Flanac/ani. 



MYSTACIDIUM, Lindl. 

 M. gracile, Harv. 



Natal, Niginya, 5500 ft,, October, flowers cream, Wood, 10615 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION: Bedford. Stutterheim. 



BEACHYCORYTHIS, Lindl. 

 B. Allisoni, Eolfe. 



Natal, in dump places at Oliver's Hoek, sources of the Tugela 

 Eiver, 4000 ft,, Allison. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



B. Tysoni, Bolus. 



Damp spots on slopes and plateau. 8-15 in. high, flowers white 

 and pink. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 481 ! ; grassy slopes at foot and 

 near summit of Quaqua Mtrt. Witzie's Hoek, c. 6000 ft., January. 

 Flowers reddish white. Thode, 51 ! ; Natal, sources of Tugela Eiver 

 at Oliver's Hoek, 4000 ft., Allison. 



DISTRIBUTION : Bedford. Tembuland. East Grriqualand. Trans- 

 vaal (Botsubelo, Houtbosch, Belfast). 



SESUTO : 'Mametsana a manyenyane. The little mother of the 

 small water. The tubers are eaten by children. 



