296 Annals <>f fJir Smith African Museum. 



A. humilis. Mill. var. incurva. 



Eavine and mountain slopes. 6-18 iu. high, flowers red. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 323 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. 



SESUTO : Sereleli. The slippery one. An uprooted plant is placed on a 

 shelf in the hut of a barren woman ; if it flowers under these condi- 

 tions she will become pregnant, but will remain barren if it withers. 



A. pratensis, Bkr. 



Basutoland, living plant in Horf. Hanlmr. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. 



A. latifolia, Haw. 



Mountain slopes, 15-20 in. high, flowers red or yellow. Spring 

 (August-October). A. Dieterlen, 337 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: Albany. Cathcart. Somerset East. G-raaff Eeinet. 

 Komgha. 



SESUTO: LeJchala la thaba. The "Lekhala" of the mountain. The 

 plant is burnt, crushed, and boiled ; this mixture, if sprinkled round 

 a village, acts as a charm against lightning. To stamp out an 

 epidemic of cold (influenza ?) in a village, all the people must bathe 

 themselves in public with an infusion prepared from the plant. If an 

 animal breaks a limb, the natives place in the ground under the 

 broken limb, the ashes of the burnt leaves. This is supposed to heal 

 the break. 



A. ferox, Mill. 



Mountains at Leloaleng, Quthing District. Flowers red. Common. 

 November. A. Dieterlen, 943 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : G-raaff Eeinet. Komgha. Transkei. 



SESUTO : Hlaba. To pierce. Lekhala la Quthing. The " Lekhala " 

 (aloe) of Quthing. This forms one of the ingredients found in the 

 " Manaka," or horns carried by the witch doctors. 



Madame Dieterlen states that in some localities the whole mountain- 

 side is covered with this species. 



BULBINE, Linn. 



B. rostrata, Willd. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 12-25 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Spring-Summer. A. Dieterlen, 449 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Albert. Graaff Eeinet. 



