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SESUTO : Tele-roJca. The " Tele " of praise. The leaves are plaited 

 into ropes. 



M. setacea, Ker. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 7-25 in. high, flowers mauve. Spring. 

 A. Dieterlen, 324! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. 



SESUTO : Qeqoe. Meaning unknown. The native children eat the 

 conns. 



M. natalensis, Bkr. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft., December, Bolus, 8255 ! ; 

 Natal, summit of Drakensberg, 5-6000 ft., January, Wood, 3442 ! ; 

 near the sources of the Tugela River, Allison ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



M. eclulis, Ker. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 20-50 in. high, flowers mauve or 

 yellow. Spring. A. Dieterlen, 186 ! 187 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Malmesbury. Cape. Swellendam. Mossel Bay. 



SESUTO : Tele. Meaning unknown. Tele Tsikoane. Meaning un- 

 known. ("Tsikoane" is a name of a mountain near Hlotse and also 

 the proper name of women in Basutolaucl). Madame Dieterlen notes 

 that No. 186 (pale mauve flowers with white marking) is rare, only 

 being known in one locality, while No. 187 (yellow flowers) is a 

 common weed becoming a pest in cultivated laniis. Cattle, if not 

 accustomed to the plant, die in a few hours after eating it, but if dosed 

 in time with the ashes from the incinerated plants, mixed with the 

 dregs of Kaffir beer, they can be cured. 



M. tripetala, Ker. 



Mountain slopes. 6-10 in. high, flowers mauve. Spring (October), 

 A. Dieterlen, 813 ! ; slopes of the Mont-aux-Sources, 7-8000 ft., 

 January, Flanagan, 2014! 2037! 2041!; summit of the Drakens- 

 bergen, sources of Tina River, Dist. Maclear, 8750 ft., March, 

 flowers white, Galpin, 6846 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Van Rhynsdorp. Cape. Paarl. Caledon. Natal. 



SESUTO: Thelo ea n/'iL-u. The stolen food of the porcupine. Tloang. 

 Meaning unknown. Khahla e nyenyane. The small thing which 

 pleases. 



M. sp. (material insufficient). 



Summit of Drakensberg, near Lehana Pass, 8500 ft., Galpin, 2322 ! 



