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DISTRIBUTION : Malmesbury. Cape. Swellendam. Uitenhage. 

 Alexandria. Albany. Graaff Reinet. Somerset East. Poudoland. 

 Natal. G-riqualand West. Transvaal (Barberton). Bechuanaland. 



SESUTO : Lelala inn /<> leliolo. The "big one" who watches the 

 lion. The roots are dried and crushed, and the powder rubbed into 

 incisions made on the bodies of boys undergoing the rites of circum- 

 cision, to make them brave and strong. 



A. scandens, Thunb. 



Shady spots in ravine. 15-30 in. high, flowers cream. Autumn. 

 Pitseng, Leribe District. A. Dieterlen, 707 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Worcester. George. Kuysua. Stocken- 

 stroom. Somerset East. 



SESUTO : Klinpa. Meaning unknown. The roots are burnt and 

 crushed .and then boiled ; this decoction is drunk to cure colic and 

 also to cure a rash which the natives believe appears on the body after 

 having seen a snake. 



A. medeoloides, Thunb. 



Ravines near rocks or shrubs. A climber, flowers white. Spring. 

 A. Dieterlen, 102 ! ; ravine on west slopes of plateau, Phillips, 758 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Knysna. Bathurst. 

 Albany. Queeustown. Somerset East. G-raaff Reinet. Poudoland. 

 East Griqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Houtbosch, Barberton). 



SESUTO : Khupananyana. The very small " Khopa." A lotion is 

 prepared from the roots with which to bathe sore eyes. 



KNIPHOFIA, Moench. 



K. breviflora, Harv. (ex descr.}. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, December, Bolus, 8261 ! ; Natal, 

 Van Reenen's Pass, 5-6000 ft., Wood, 5606 ! 



DISTRIBUTION -. Probably endemic. 



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K. modesta, Bkr. 



Grassy slopes. Glen Airy, District Maclear, c. 5500 ft., March 

 Galpin, 6864 



DISTRIBUTION : Transkei. Tembuland. East Griqualand. Natal. 



K. fibrosa, Bkr. 



Natal, Mahwaqua Mountain, 6-7000 ft., Evans, 649. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



