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more than a quarter of aii inch long. Both 

 plants are trailers, and are carefully avoided by 

 the Kafirs. 



Papilionaceous flowers are represented in great 

 variety, both large and small, one of them very 

 like the everlasting pea. I am told that the 

 leaves of Tephrosia longipes are steeped in 

 water and rubbed on the bodies of Kafirs who 

 are going a journey, to keep them in good 

 health. 



Besides the everlasting just mentioned, I have 

 found two smaller varieties, Helichrysum lep- 

 tolepis, growing very near the ground, with 

 small pink-white flowers, and H. decorum, a 

 smiill bushy plant with bright yellow flowers, 

 the leaves being rather fluffy, with a strong 

 aromatic smell. Many plants smell strongly of 

 thyme, sage, and other herbs, some being used 

 for medicine by the Kafirs. The leaves of the 

 plant like sage are boiled and the vapour in- 

 haled for cold in the head. 



There are many species of convolvulus, the 

 most common a lovely mauve, covering the 



