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DISTRIBUTION : Endemic ? 



SESUTO : Lelorlr. Leloli'. Meanings unknown. A decoction pre- 

 pared from this species is drunk to cure pains in the shoulders. 

 Women, during the time girls are undergoing the initiation rites, make 

 use of this plant for some purpose, but this being one of the sacred 

 rites of the tribe, no further information could be obtained. 



K. alooides, Moench. 



Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 3234 ! ; Bester's Vlei, 

 near Witzie's Hoek, 6000-6300 ft., December. Flowers golden, 

 Bolus, 8259 !, Flanagan, 2050 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Somerset East. Graaff Reinet. 

 Murraysburg. Natal. Transvaal (Barberton). 



K. Northiae, Bkr. 



District Barkly East, swampy ground at Ben McDhui, 8500-9600 

 ft., March, 3-4 ft. high, Galpin, 6866 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Albany. 



K. Schlechteri, Schinz. 



Natal, Van Eeenen, 7000 ft., March, ScklecMer, 6940 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



K. multiflora, W. & E. 



Natal, damp places at Yan Eeenen, 5-6000 ft., March, flowers white 

 with reddish-brown buds, Wood, 6684 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



ALOE, Lian. 

 A. Kraussii, Bkr. 



Veld and hillsides. 10-25 in. high, flowers yellowish-red. Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 419 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Pondoland. Natal. Swaziland. 



SESUTO: Lekhalana. The small " Lekhala " (" Lekhala " is a 

 general name for species of Aloe). Hloho tsa makaka. Heads of the 

 " white-quilled bustards." Maroba-liliale. Those who break gun- 

 shots. Young girls undergoing the initiation rites must bathe them- 

 selves, on the first night of their entering the initiation school, with 

 a lotion prepared from this species. A decoction of the roots is 

 drunk by barren women so that they may become pregnant. During 

 lior pregnancy she must bathe herself with the same decoction, which 

 is also drunk at the confinement and after the birth of the child. 



