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R. africana, Kunth. 



Damp spots oil mountain slopes. '2-4 ft. high, spathe wliite. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 583 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Riversdale. Komgha. Natal. 



SESUTO : Mothf'bi'. Meaning unknown. In spring the young leaves 

 ii ml petioles are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. This species is not 

 used as is stated above for R. albomaculata. 



NAIADACEAE. 



APONOGETON, Thti.nb. 

 A. spathaceum, Hook. fil. 



Summit of the Mout-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January, Flanaijan, 

 2025!; Natal, Giant's Castle, 7500 ft,, November, flowers white. 

 A. Bolus in Herb. Guthrie, 4942 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Port Elizabeth. Transkei. Tembuland East 

 Griqualand. Transvaal (East Rand). 



var. junceum, Hook. fil. 



Basutoland, without precise locality, Bowker. 



DISTRIBUTION : "Uitenhage. Somerset East. Tembuland, Natal. 

 Transvaal (Trigard's Foiitein). 



POTAMOGETON, Linn. 

 P. natans, Linu. 



Ponds and marshes. Flowers yellowish. Summer (December). 

 Hlotse. A. Dieterlen, 831 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Transvaal (sources of Limpopo). 



SESUTO: Sesesi. The swimmer. Ntlo ea lilapi. The house of the fish. 



P. pusillum, Linn. 



In the river Hlotse. Flowers white. Spring (October). Makokoane. 

 Leribe District, A. Dieterlen, 1033 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Cape. Swellendam. Albany. East London, 

 Tembuland. Natal. Zululaud. Transvaal (near Pretoria). 



SESUTO : BoliiK. Water moss. Joamj ba inetsi bo boliolo. The 

 large water-grass. Ntlo ea lihlapi. The house of the fish. 



EEIOCAULEAE. 



ERIOCAULON, Linn. 

 E. abyssinicum, Hochst. 



Water-courses on plateau. 1-2 in. high. Flowers greyish. A. 

 Dieterlen, 777 ! 



