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SESUTO : Lepslietlane le lenyenyane. The small " Lepohetlane." 

 Khoho ea lefika. The crust of the rock. 



U. capitata, Bkr. 



Mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, flowers white. Spring. A. 

 Dieterlen, 363 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Konigha. East Griqualand. Transvaal (Bar- 

 berton) . 



SESUTO : Moretele. He who causes to glide or slip. Of all the 

 Basutoland plants, this is perhaps the most esteemed by native 

 doctors, who prepare from it a powerful charm able to bring good 

 fortune to friends or inflict harm on enemies. By the use of this 

 charm the natives believe that they can " glide " among their enemies 

 unnoticed and unharmed. By its use, sorcerers are kept away from 

 huts, illness and death can be sent to enemies, and the country can 

 be made to flourish or otherwise. Basuto chiefs are vaccinated with it. 



U. rubella, Bkr. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 6-20 in. high, flowers white. 

 Spring. A. Dieterlen, 404 ! 649 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO: Khoho ea thaba (649). The crust of the mountain. 

 Met sane (404). Little water (in the juicy bulb). Qobo la poll (404). 

 The penis of a goat. A decoction made from, the bulbs is drunk for 

 curing colic. 



Dieterlen, 649, is an exact match with Wood, 5720, the type of the 

 species. Dieterlen, 404, is a form with longer leaves. 



U. macrantha, Phillips, comb. nov. Folia 1^-2 ped. louga, liuearia, 

 glabra (ex Baker). Inflorescentia racemosa, 30-48 cm. longa, laxe 

 20-40-florifera. Pedunculus 1-2 m. loiigus, glaber. Bracteae '7 mm. 

 longae, 4 mm. latae, acuminatae, basi saccatae, glabrae, caducae ; 

 bracteolae 1, 2'5 mm. longae, circiter 1 mm. latae, coiicavae. Pedi- 

 ccl/ns ad 6'2 cm. longus, teres, glaber. Segment a periauthii basi 

 adnata, 2'7-3 - 7 cm. louga, 4 mm. lata, linearia, apice obtusa glandu- 

 losaque, glabra. Filamenta 1'5 cm. louga, basi 2 mm. lata et plaua, 

 supra lauceolata ; aiitherae 4*5 mm. lougae, ovato-oblongae, apice 

 obtusae, basi sagittatae. Ovarium 6'5 mm. lougum, 3'5 mm. latum, 

 ovatum ; stylus l - 6 cm. lougus, apice planus ; stigma 3 - 5 mm. latum, 

 tri-lobatum. 



Bulb large, scaly. Leaves hysterauthous, 1^-2 ft. long, linear, 



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