24 DOORN — DTHKER- 



Doorn'vijg. Mesemhrianthemum spinosum. A small spiny 

 shrub of the Karoo, in some parts the principal fodder- 

 plant. The fruit is a capsule, not a fig, but all species of 

 this genus are called V i j g e-b o s s i e s on accoun t of 

 M. edule, the Hottentot's fig. 



Draai 'bossie. Aster flUfolius. A valuable fodder-bush of the 

 Karoo. 



Drabok == Darnel. 



Drachies. Scutia Commersonii. See also D r o o g -m ij n-k eel. 



Dral'peer = Dikbast. 



Driedoorn. Rhigozum trichototnum and R. ohovatum. Shrubs 

 of the Karoo generally branching trichotomously. In good 

 seasons the first-named bears a profusion of yellow 

 flowers for a few weeks, hence its other name Gele 

 granaat. The other one has smaller white flowers. 



Droedas-kruiden. Pharnaceum lineare. Med. 

 Dronk 'bessie = Christmas berry. 

 „ 'gras (Cape). Melica decumhens. The only indigenous 



grass of which toxic properties known. 

 „ 'gras (Tr.) . This is not a grass but a horse-tail, Equiaetum 

 ramosissimum. 



Droog-mijn-keel. Cissus cirrhosa. Nearly allied to our wild 

 grape, but the fruit contains such a powerful irritant that 

 a single berry, if chewed, will cause great pain, hence the 

 vernacular name. The same name applied to Scutia 

 Commersonii. 



Drumsticks. Zaluzianskya villosa, etc. Allusion to the shape 

 of the buds which are closed during the day. 



Dubbeltje or — doorn. Modification of Duiveltje. Several 

 S.A. plants, decumbent or trailing on the ground, the 

 fruits provided with sharp spines. Animals treading on 

 such a spinous body carry it away, and a bare-footed 

 person treading on it would suffer considerable pain. The 

 vernacular name has been evidently given on account of 

 this contrivance for the distribution of their seeds. Pretrea 

 zangueharica (north, distr.) is the largest kind, also called 

 Duivels-dis; Trihulus terrestris a common weed of 

 most warm countries. Emex anstralis also throughout 

 the country. Beest — v. Grapple plant. 



Duckweed. Lemna minor. 



Duiker's horen = Bokhoorntjes. 



