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on the Cedar mountains at and above the 3000 feet level. 

 Wood highly esteemed. Tree and wood more in the 

 nature of a cypress; the other two S.A. species of the 

 genus are called " cypres " by the colonists, v. Bergcypres 

 and Sapree. 

 Celery, Wiïd — . Peucedanum Galhanmn. v. Blistering Bush. 

 Chamomile, Mountain — . Gamolepi-s pectinata. 

 „ , Wild — . Matricaria glahraia. The real chamomile 

 {M. chamomilla) , from Europe, occasionally in corn fields. 

 „ , Stinking — . Anthemis cotula* Eur. weed. 



Champignon. The French word for mushroom, here mostly 

 employed for PsalUota campestris and pron iZampioen. 



Charlock (Jointed — ). Raphanus Raphanistrum. A cosmo- 

 politan weed of grain lands. May be destroyed by spray- 

 ing with a w^eak solution of green vitriol. The true 

 charlock ^inapis arvensiSj not so frequent here. 



Cherry, Cape — -= Kububessie. 

 „ , Hottentots — . Maurocenia Frangula. Sometimes 



also Royena lucida, the fruit of the latter being more like 



a cherry than the former. 

 „ , Kaffir — . Gardenia Neuheria. 

 „ wood == Kersehout. Pterocelastrus variabilis. A very 



showy shrub or tree when in fruit. 



Chestnut, Wild — . Calodendron capense. Fruit somewhat 

 resembling the real chestnut (Castanea vesca). A fine 

 tree of the southern forests and a glorious sight when in 

 flower (summer). Also called Cape — . 



Chick weed. Stellaria media. Cosmopolitan. 



China flower. Adcnandra uniflora. The petals as white as 



porcelain, often with a rosy tint. 

 Chinese lantern. Nymania capensis. The inflated capsules, 



generally red. 

 „ „ lily. Sander sonia aurantiaca. Eastern district. 

 Chinkerichee, Omithogalum thyrsoides. Also going under 



the name of Viooltje^ and Star of Bethlehem. 



Herbage and flowers poisonous to stock. 

 Christmas bells. (Na). Trichilia emetica. Otherwise known 



as Cape Mahogany. 

 ,, — berry. (Dronkbessie). Chymococca empetroides. A 



shrublet of the sand hills along the sea-shore of the 



