316 Annals of the South Afrlnni Museum. 



J. dregeanus, Kunth. 



Mountain slopes. Spikelets brown. Summer. A . Die'crlcH, 74S1 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Humansdorp. Uitenhage. Bathurst. Transva;i,l 

 (Houtboscli). 



SESUTO : Rororoana. 



J. capitatus, Weig. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. ^-4 in. high, spikelets green and 

 pinkish. October-November. A. Dieterlen, 806 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tropical Africa. 



SESUTO : Rororo e nyenyane. The small " Eororo." 



LUZULA, D.C. 



L. africana, Dirge. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 6-15 in. high, spikelets brownish. 

 Spring. A. Dieterlen, 734!; Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft.; Flainxjaii, 

 2008. 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockeiistroom. 



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SESUTO : Phororoana. The small water-fall, 



AROIDEAE. 

 EICHARDIA, Kunth* 



R. albomaculata, Hook. 



Damp shady spots on mountain slopes. 15-40 in. high. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 306!; under rocks, spathe green without, white within, 

 common, Phillips, 550! 609!; Orange Free State, Ladybrand, 

 November, Rogers, 1035 ! ; Wittebergen, 5-6000 ft., Drl-ge. 



DISTRIBUTION : Komgha. Transkei. Tembuland. East Griqua- 

 land, Swaziland. 



SESUTO : Mohalalitoe. Meaning unknown. In cases of any very 

 severe illness the natives use this species in the following manner : 

 The rhizomes (for preference) are incinerated on a piece of red-hot 

 iron (e.g. a hoe) and the charred remains are rubbed on the patient's 

 body. This is evidently a last resort in cases which are considered 

 hopeless, as the native doctors say the patient either recovers or dies. 



R. hastata, Hook. f. 



Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 3327. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Natal. Transvaal (near Barberton). 



* I have followed the ' Flora Capensis ' in the nomenclature. 



