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SESUTO : Serclil<>ni/a)i(i. The "small" slippery one. The plant is 

 crushed, dried, and smoked as a cm-e for a cold in the head. 



This is almost exact match with a plant collected by Bolus at Graaff 

 Eeinet. 



B. filifolia, Bkr. 



Dry spots on mountain slopes. 15-25 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Spring. A. Dieterlen, 728 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Port Elizabeth. Somerset East. Graaff Reinet. 



SESUTO : Tsika lillinu. He who is going along the cliffs. Malit- 

 Meanin unknown. 



B. caespitosa, Bkr. 



Orange Free State, Caledou River, 7?/7.r. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Bechuaualand. 



B. asphodeloides, R. & S. 



Veld and plateau. 10-20 in. high, flowers yellow, strongly scented. 

 Spring. A. Dieterlen, 308 ! ; Mont-anx-Sources, 8000 ft., April, E. Dyke 

 in Herb. Marloth, 5441 ! in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric., 5519 ! ; Nelson's 

 Kop, Cooper, 878. 



DISTRIBUTION : S.W. Africa. Namaqualand Minor. Cape. Ca- 

 ledon. Riversdale. Albany. Somerset East. Colesberg. Hanover. 

 Komgha. Tembulaud. Natal. Griqualaud West. Bechuanalaud . 

 Transvaal (near Pretoria). 



SESUTO: Sehlare sa pekana. A medicine for cracked lips. Seldare 

 sa motto. A medicine for burns. The leaves are used for healing- 

 cracked lips. 



B. narcissifolia, Salm-Dyck. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 7-20 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring. 

 A. Dieterlen, 429 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockenstroom. Somerset East. Khomgha. Natal. 

 Transvaal (Matebe Valley). 



SESUTO : Khomo ea bashemane. The ox of the young boys. A 

 decoction of the roots is drunk by barren women who wish to become 

 pregnant. Given to cows for the same purpose. 



ERIOSPERMUM, Jacq. 



E. microphyllum, Bkr. (ex descr.}. 



Veld and plateau. 2-15 in. high, flowers white. Summer. A. 

 Dieterlen, 589 ! ; Natal, Weenen County, 5-6000 ft., Wood, 4394. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



