1 n BREAD- — BT^LRUSH 



Bread-tree, Kaffir — . Encephalartos caffer, E. Lehmanni, 

 E. Altensteinii, etc. The pith contains starch and is 

 turned into a food by the natives, like sago. 



Breed 'zaad, v. Grasses. 



Brittle wood, Nuxia tomentosa. Forests. 



Broad leaf. Abbrev. for Broad-leaved plantain: 

 Plantago major, a frequent weed (Eur.). 



Bron'slaai (Bron' kost slaai) == Water cress. 

 Brood 'boom = Bread-tree. 



Broomrape, Blue — , Orohanche ramosa. A leafless parasite, 

 on the roots of grasses, etc. Also in Europe and Asia. 



Brother berries = Bush tick berry. 



Buchu. The true or round-leaved buchu is obtained from 

 Barosma hetulina, a shrublet of the Cedar mts. The 

 leaves are mostly exported to the United States of 

 America for medicinal purposes. Recently taken into 

 cultivation on the Cedar — , 01 if ants River — and Paarl 

 mts. Long-leaf — , from B. crenata, now less valued, has 

 a wider distribution, from Ceres to Stellenbosch and 

 Caledon (mts.). The Fontein — , B. serratifolia, also called 

 the Berg — or 01 if ants — . Some species of Diosma 

 go under the name of Wild — . Agathosma ciliata is called 

 Steinbok — . In districts where such rutaceous plants 

 do not occur, other aromatic shrublets are employed for 

 similar purposes, viz. — bos (Little Nam.) a composite, 

 Pteronia onol)romoides, the — kruid of Griqualand West, 

 a perennial herb with a fleshy rootstock, is Othonna 

 auriciilaefolia. The Klip — or Hottentots — (Nam.) is 

 a lichen of the coast belt (on rocks). 



Buckweed (Na.). Isoglossa Woodii. A good stockfood, sup- 

 posed to flower only once in seven years, e.g. 1916 (May). 



Buffalo grass v. Grasses. 



Buffels'doorn (Buffalothorn), Zizyphus mucronata. Bears 



several other names, e.g. Wacht-een-bietje. 

 „ 'hoorn, BurchelUa capensis. The fruit crowned with 



horn-like appendages. Name occasionally corrupted into 



Buffelsdoom. 



Buig-mij-niet = Cape box. East London. 

 „ „ „ (Port E.). SmelopJiyllum capense. 

 Bulrush. Typha capensis and T. austraUs. The true bulrush 

 of Great Britain is a Scirpus. 



