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H. argentea, Harv., var. sericea, Bkr. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 4-10 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring- 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 176! ; south slopes of plateau, above Khaniane, 

 flowers yellow, Phillips, 932 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Uiteuhage. Stockeustroom. Graaff 

 Keinet, Somerset East, East Griqualand. Natal. Orange Free 

 State (Bloemfontein). 



SESUTO : Letsikitlane. Meaning unknown. The root-stock is eaten 

 by native children. 



var. flaccida, Bkr. 



Mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen,, 536 ! ; damp places in ravine, Phillips, 679 ! 729 ! 744! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. Transvaal (Aapie's Eiver). Orange Free 

 State (near Seven Foutein Mission Station). 



SESUTO : Leihlo-Khoma le leJwlo. The big eye of the cattle. The 

 rootstock is edible. The rootstock is dried, crushed, mixed with fat, 

 and used to anoint cracks on the teats of cows in milk. 



H. villosa, Linn, f., var. scabra (ex descr.). 



Veld and mountain slopes. 9-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. 

 A. Dieterlen, 310! 



DISTRIBUTION: Mossel Bay. Uitenhage. Albany. Somerset East. 

 Tembulaud. 



SESUTO: Mali Letaha. The "Moli"of the damp places. Lehlaba 

 Ki'ilribe. He who pricks the wild boar. 'Khuoa Ke maoatle. Plucked 

 by the fools. So named because it is gathered by some of the natives 

 for making ropes in mistake for H. rigidula, from which strong ropes 

 are made. Ropes made from the above species soon rot. The root- 

 stock is used as a charm by the native doctors against thunder. 



var. pannosa, Bkr. 



Natal, slopes of the Drakensbergeu, Wood, 3434. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



H. obtusa, Burch. 



Natal, Drakensbergen, Bolus, 2572. 



DISTRIBUTION : Orange Free State (no locality). Bechuanaland. 

 Transvaal (Barberton). 



H. acuminata, Bkr. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 5-18 in. high, flowers yellow. 



