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Duine'bessie. Miindtia spinosa. A spiny shrublet of the Cape 

 Flats and other sandy tracts, bearing large red berries, 

 eagerly eaten by tortoises and children. 

 „ 'tee V. Tee. 



Duivekervel. Fiimaria officinalis. A garden weed from 

 Europe. The cultivated kervel is Chaerophyllttni 

 hiilhosmn* (Umbelliferae) . 



Duivels' brood ( — kost) == Death cup. 

 „ 'dis V. Dubbeltje. 

 Duiveltje = Dubbeltje. 

 Duizend knoop. Polygonum aviciilare, etc. 



Dumba. Loranthus DregeL Native name applied to the 

 swelling (technically called a ''chimera"), produced by 

 the parasite on the branch of the host {Acacia caffra, etc.) 



Dupres'knop (corrupted from Cypres, sometimes pron. 

 "sapree"), Widdringtonia cupressoides v. Berg-cypres. 



Dwaba. Popowia caffra. (Na). 



Dwadwa. Leucosidea sericea. (East.). 



Dysentery herb. Monsonia ovata and M. hiflora. Herb and 

 root called K e i t a. Specially useful in cases of dysentery. 



Earth star. Several species of Geaster (puff-ball faijiily). 



Ebbehout. Euclea pseudehenus. A medium-sized tree of 

 Namaqualand, the heartwood very close-grained and black. 

 Ebony, Cape — = Ebbehout. 

 „ , (Pondoland). Heyicoodia lucens. 



Eendje. Sutherlandia frutescens. The pods form a toy for 

 children. In the eastern Karoo the leaves of 

 Cotyledon Cooperi (speckled) and C. rhombifolia (plain) 

 are used by children in a similar way (floating them on 

 water). 



Elands boontje. Elephantorrhiza BttrchelUi. The popular 

 name refers to the large size of the pods. A small deciduous 

 perennial, the annual shoots a foot or two high, but the 

 stout rootstock very big, weighing up to 10 pounds. This 

 contains much tannin, hence its other name Looier's 

 b o s s i e. 

 „ 'doorn. Pretrea zanguebarica. 

 M vijg = Zuurvijg. 

 Elder, Wilde — . Nuxia florihunda. 



