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Basutolaud, the shepherd boys used the large bulb in which to warm 

 milk. The inside of the bulb was scooped out, filled with milk aiid 

 then placed on the fire. 



VELLOZIA, Vand. 



V. viscosa, Bkr. 



Mountain slopes, 10-22 in. high, flowers violet. Spring-Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen,218 ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, flowers pink, leaves viscid, Phillips, 

 977 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6700 ft., December, Flanagan, 

 1845 ! ; Bolus, 8257 ! ; Mont-aux-Sources, 8000 ft., E. Dyke in Herb- 

 Marloth, 5442 !, in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric., 5520 ! ; Natal, on the 

 Drakensbergen, near Tugela Falls, Wood, 3439. 



DISTRIBUTION : Pondoland. East Griqualand. Transvaal (Hout- 

 bosch). 



SESUTO : Mafiroaue. Meaning unknown. Used to make ropes. 



DIOSCOREACEAE. 



DIOSCOKEA, Linn. 



D. (Helmia) Mundii, Bkr. 



Bester's Vlei, near Wit/de's Hoek, 5600 ft., December, Bolus, 8266 ! ; 

 Natal, Van Eeenen, 5500 ft., March, Schlechter, 6968 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Knysua. 



TESTUDINAEIA, Salisb. 



T. sylvatica, Kuiith. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500-6000 ft., December-January. 

 Bolus, 8168 ! ; Flanagan, 2001 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Humansdorp. Uiteuhage. Port Elizabeth. Al- 

 bany. Somerset East. Transkei. Tembuland. Natal. Transvaal 

 (Barberton). 



LILIACEAB. 



ASPAEAGUS, Linn. 

 A. denudatus, Bkr. 



Mountain, slopes. Flowo-.s cream. Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen 

 828! 



DisriiiBUTiox : Queenstowa. Aliwal North. Orange Free State 

 (no locality). 



