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S. pauciflora, Klatt. 



Mountain slopes. 30-38 in. high, flowers light pink. Summer. 

 Mechachaneng, Qalo District, A. Dieterlen, 917 ! ; Natal, stream near 

 Van Eeeuen, 5000 ft., March, Schlechter, 6920 ! ; damp ground at Van 

 Reeneu, 5-6000 ft., February, flowers scarlet, Wood, 5611 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Orange Free State. Transvaal. No precise 

 localities. 



SESTJTO : Khahlana. The small thing which pleases. 



HESPERANTHA, Ker. 

 H. leucantha, Bkr. 



Natal, Oliver's Hoek Pass, Wood, 3437 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. Baurii. Bkr. 



Mountain slopes. 3-9 in. high, flowers pink-mauve or white. 

 Spring. A. Dieterlen, 609 !, plateau, 6-22 in. high, flowers pink. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 788 ! ; Natal, Van Reenen, February, Penther, 

 702 ! ; grassy slopes, farm " Woodlands," Dist. Maclear, c. 5600 ft., 

 March, flowers pink, Galpin, 6851 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. Pondoland. Natal. Zululand. Orange 

 Free State (no locality). Transvaal (Barberton). 



SESUTO : Khahlana. The small thing which pleases (788). Khah- 

 lana e nyenyane. The small thing which pleases. The " bulb " not 

 known to be edible. Madame Dieterlen considers her Nos. 609 and 

 788 as two distinct species, but I fail to see any specific distinctions. 

 Khukhu. A small bulb (609). Qelo. Asking (609). Qeloe. Asked 

 (609). So-called because children beg the " bulbs " from anyone who 

 has found them. The " bulbs " are eaten. 



H. radiata, Ker. 



Mountain slopes. 6-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 805 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Van Rhynsdorp. Cape. Tulbagh. George. 

 Stellenbosch. Victoria West. Murraysburg. Somerset East. Natal. 



SESUTO: Nala la nonyana. The nail of the bii'd. Khahlana. The 

 small thing which pleases. 



? H. sp. 



Valley above the Buffalo River Waterfall, c. 8200 ft,, March, flowers 

 pink, Galpin, 6856 ! ; summit Doodman's Krans Mountain, c. 9650 ft., 

 March, flowers pink, Galpin, 6850 ! 



The material I have seen is very scanty. In Mr. G-alpin's list, the 

 specimens are cited as Hesperantha longituba, Bkr. ? 



