302 Annals of the South African Museum. 



the witch doctors consult their divining bones, and if this plant is 

 indicated, it is powdered and placed in incisions made on the body of 

 the patient. 



DRIMIA, Jacq. 

 D. neriniformis, Bkr. 



Plateau. 10-28 in. high, flowers white. Spring. A. Dieterlen, 

 741!; Bester's Vlei, 6400 ft,, December, Bolus, 82G7 ! ; Natal, in 

 swamp near Van Reeuen, 5-6000 ft., November-December, Wood, 

 4794! 5860! 



DISTRIBUTION : Pondoland. 



SESUTO : Hlare sa n/lko. The medicine of the porcupine. The 

 burnt roots are powdered and rubbed into external tumours which 

 have been lanced. 



LITANTHUS, Harv. 

 L. pusillus, Harv. 



Crevices of rocks on mountain slopes. 2-3 ^ in. high, flowers white. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 855 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Swaziland. 



SESUTO : Khoho ea lefika. The crust of the rock. Together with 

 certain mosses, the plant is burnt and powdered and rubbed into 

 incisions made on the forehead as a cure for headache. 



DIPCADI, Medic. 

 D. polyphyllum, Bkr. (ex descr.). 



Veld and mountain slopes. 3-20 in. high, flowers reddish-brown. 

 Spring. A. Dieterlen, 237 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Morutoan 'a pliookoana. The urine of the young he-goat. 

 The plant is burnt and powdered and rubbed into incisions made on 

 the thumb and index fingers of a man to give him a sure aim when 

 hunting or fighting. A decoction prepared from the cooked plants is 

 drunk to cure a sexual disease called by the natives " Morotoana." 



D. viride, Moench. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 7-25 in. high, flowers green. Spring- 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 259 ! ; Caledou River, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION -. Riversdale. Uiteuhage. Somerset East. Graaff 

 Reinet. Albert. Poudoland. Natal. Griqualand West. Trans- 

 vaal (Barberton). 



