284 A ninth of the South African Miiseum. 



AMARYLLIDBAE. 



CUECULIGO, Gaertn. 



C. plicata, Ait., var. Barberi, Bkr. 



Mountain slopes. 3-9 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. A. Die- 



terlen, 459 ; Natal, grassy hill at Van Reenen, 5500 ft., November, 



Wood, 4689 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. Natal. Griqualand West, 

 SESUTO : Leihlo Khomo. The eye of the cattle. Leihlo la. Khomo. 



The eye of the cattle. The bulb is edible. 



HYPOXIS, Linn. 

 H. rubella, Bkr. 



Summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January. Flowers sub- 

 merged in water. Flanagan, 2024 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. milloides, Bkr. 



Drakensberg, on Tsitsa Footpath, District Maclear, c. 6900 ft., 

 March, flowers bright deep red, Gal-pin, 6862 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. East Griqualand. Natal. 



H. Baurii, Bkr. 



Mont-aux-Sources, c. 6600-7000 ft,, October, Ma at, in Herb. Marloth^ 

 2869 ! ; flowers lilac. A. Bolus in Herb. Guthrie, 4933 ! ; Bester's 

 Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6400 ft,, December, Bolus, 8258 ! ; Natal, 

 crevices of rocks at Van Reenen, flowers white to pink, 5-6000 ft., 

 December, Wood, 5839 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. East Griqualand. 



H. filiformis, Bkr. 



Damp spots on plateau. 2-6 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. 

 A. Dietei-leu, 650 ! ; Natal, Mohlamba Range, 5-6000 ft., Sutherland. 



DISTRIBUTION: Queenstown. Komgha. East Griqualand. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Barberton). 



SESUTO : Moliletsane. The slender " Moli." " Moli " is the Sesuto 

 generic name for the genus Hypoxis. 



H. angustifolia, Lam. 



Veld, mountain slopes, and plateau. 4-12 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlett, 639! 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockenstroom. Tembuland. Orange Free State 

 (no locality). 



SESUTO: Moli n 1^1 a tr. The small " Moli." 



