18 CAMPHOR — CEDAR 



Camphor bush = Kamfer'bos. 

 „ tree (S.A.). Cryptocarya vacciniifolia. Kingwilliamstown 

 district. 



Cancer bush. Sutherlandia frutescens. A half-shrub, 2 — 4 feet 

 high, with scarlet flowers. A much esteemed remedy, for 

 various purposes, among the natives. Clinical experi- 

 ments have not shown any specific action on cancer. 



Candelabra flower. Brunsvigia gigantea and B. Josephinae. 

 Flowering (March) before the appearance of the new 

 leaves. The star of flowers 2 feet in diam. 



Candle bush. Sarcocaulon Burmanni. A low spiny suc- 

 culent of the arid regions (flowers white). Bums, even 

 when fresh, like a torch. Very similar is 8. rigidum of the 

 southern Namib (flowers pink). A smaller species is 

 S. Patersonii (Gr. Rt. etc.). 

 „ wood. Gardenia Rothmannia. An eastern forest-tree. 



Cape — (in compound words) v. other word. 



Cape-grasses. Various species of Restiaceae are used for dry 



floral ornaments, e.g., species of Thamnochortus, Elegia, 



Cannomois. 

 „ weed. Cryptostemma calendulaceum. This plant, one 



of the G o u s b 1 o m m e n of the South West, bears this 



name in the Tr. 

 Capers, Cape — . Capparis citrifoUa. The flower buds used 



like real capers (O. spinosa, Mediterr.). 

 Cardamom, Wild — . Fagara capensis (Xanthoxylum 



capense). (Knob wood.) Fruit highly aromatic, med. 

 Carpet flower, Karoo — . Aptosimum depresstim^ etc. 

 Carrion flower. Various species of Stapelia. v. Aasblom. 

 Carrot fern v. Ferns. 

 Castor-oil plant. Ricinus communis. Grown as a garden 



plant, often half wild. Cultivated in India, Egypt, etc., 



for the oil contained in its seeds. 

 Cats 'ear. Hypochaeris radicata. Weed. 



„ tail. Struthiola stricta, etc. 

 Cat thorn. Asparagus stipulaceus of the drier regions. Form- 

 ing an entangled mass full of sharp recurved spines. 



V. Katdoorn. 

 Cedar, Clanwilliam — . (Cederboom). Widdringtonia 



juniperoides. {Callitris juniperoides Endl.) Growing only 



