Flora of tlie Leril>e PI, iff, in mxl E/irimi/ft. 



Summer. A. T)'n-l<-i-li-u, 231!; stnny places oil summit of 'Miaqua 

 Mountain, c. r,:M Ml ft. .January. Flowers \\ liilisli. Thodt 60!; hill above 

 Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, i'.7-~><> ft., December, i^/mnifjan, 

 1837! 



DISTRIBUTION : Albany. King William's Town. Tembuland. Natal. 

 Orange Free State (no locality). 



SESUTO : LimaJio l,i !,]/<>, i/<>. The horn of the cattle. Sebfilca. An 

 assembly (the plant grows ill patches). The bulb is crushed and 

 mixed with the food of a child suffering with constipation. 



S. natalensis. Planch. 



Growing on cliffs in ravines and mountain slopes. 15-28 in. high, 

 flowers blue. Spring (September-October). A. Dietrrlen, 416 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Jvomgha. Tembuland. Natal. Orange Free 

 State (no locality). Transvaal (Barberton). 



SESUTO : Klii'Tcri'. Meaning unknown. A medicine given to cattle 

 suffering with lung sickness. The cooked bulbs are mixed with food 

 as an aperient. For internal tumours a decoction made from the well- 

 cooked bulbs is taken as an enema. 



S. inandensis, Bkr. 



Mountain and hill slopes. 3-5 in. high, flowers greenish-violet, 

 leaves entirely light green on both sides. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 

 662! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Beokho. Meaning unknown. A preparation is made 

 from this plant and given to women in the fourth month of pregnancy 

 to soothe them. Given to cows with the idea of being able to have a 

 succession in the sexes of the calves born. 



The leaves are narrower than in the type. 



S. Cooperi, Hook. til. 



Mountain slopes. 2-10 in. high, flowers violet, leaves with purplish 

 marks beneath. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 57a ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Orange Free State (no locality). 



SESUTO: PJiefi'ila. Derived from the verb "ho fetola "' to turn 

 over to change to modify. See note under *S'. inandev 



S. Galpini, Bkr. 



Mountain slopes. 3-6 in. high, flowers violet, leaves entirely purple 

 beneath. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 67 G I 

 DISTRIBUTION: Transvaal (Barberton). 



SESUTO: Pht j f<~'1<i. See S. Cooperi, and also under S. inandensis. 



