314 Annul* <>f the South Afrifun 



DISTRIBUTION: Cape. Tulbagh. Ceivs. Queenstown. Somerset 

 East. Teuibuland. Natal. Transvaal (Ma ^aliesberg, Rustenberg). 



COMMELINACEAE. 



COMMELINA, Lin,,. 

 C. benghalensis, Linn. 



Shaded and sheltered spots on veld and mountain slopes. A creeper. 

 10-40 in long, flowers mauve or blue. Summer. A. Di/'ft'>-/>:n, ">50 ! 

 551 ! ; a creeper, flowers blue, Phlllipx, 847 ! 012 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Knysna. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. FoH 

 Beaufort. Beaufort West. Somerset East. Komgha. Tembulaud. 

 Pondolaud. Natal. Griqualand West. Transvaal (Warm Baths). 



SESUTO : Khotsoana. The crooked thing. This plant is largely 

 used bv the witch-doctors for various illnesses. A medicine taken by 

 barren women is prepared from it. 



C. africana, Linn. 



Veld, mountain slopes, and plateau. 6-18 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 105 ! ; a creeper, flowers yellow, Phillips, 532 ! 

 659! 884!; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5300 ft., December, 

 Bolus, 8291 ! ; Natal, Cathkin Peak, 10000 ft., November, A. Bolus in 

 Herb. Guthrie ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Uitenhage. Natal. Swaziland. Transvaal 

 (Hooge Veld). 



SESUTO : Khrtsoana. The crooked thing. Khopo e ni/t-ni/nin'. The 

 small crooked thing. LeJchopsJioana. He who is a little crookel. 

 This plant is boiled with Teplirosia cnn<",*ix and the decoction is 

 drunk as a cure for a weak heart or nervousness. 



CYANOTIS, D. Don. 

 C. nodifiora, Kunth. 



Mountain slopes. 4-20 in. high, flowers white and sky 



Summer. A. Dieterlen, 320a ! 320b ! ; flowers white, rare. 

 519 !; Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 3326. 



DISTRIBUTION : JRiversdale. Knysna. Uitenhage. Bathurst. 

 Albanv. Somerset East. Komgha. Tembulaud. East Griqualand. 

 Natal. 



SESUTO: Khopo. Crooked. Tho'/if Buli i/i/o/nin. The " Theepe " 

 (Amaranthus .^p.) of the little cannibals. See note under Commelina 

 benghalensis and C. africana. 



