26 ELEPHANT'S- — FAN PALM 



Elephant's ear Eriospermum Bellendeni (Queenstown). 

 Tuber and leaf the largest in the genus. 



„ food == Spekboom. 



„ foot. Testudinaria elephantipes. The tuber (above 

 ground) up to 3 feet in diam., the corky shell areolate, 

 hence the other popular name Schildpad; the botanical 

 name combines the two designations. On hills and moun- 

 tains girding the Karoo. 



„ trunk. Pachypodium namaquanum. A curious, 

 cylindrical, very spiny succulent of Little Nam. 4 — 5 feet 

 high. 



„ wood. Bolusanthus speciosus. Tr. and No. A showy 

 tree when in flower. 



Els, Klip — = Alder, Rock — . 

 „ , Rooi — = Red alder. 

 „ , Wit ■— = White alder. 



Ertje, Wilde. Dolichos gihhosus. Young pods as a vegetable. 

 (S.W.). Also Vicia hirsuta*. An occasional weed. 



„ bossies. Several species of Podalyria and Rafnia. 

 Es, Klip — = Rock ash. 

 Essehout, Rooi — . Trichilia emetica. 



„ „ , Cape — (Knysna & Kaffraria). Ekebergia capeusis. 



„ „ , Transvaal — . Ekebergia Meyeri. 



Euphorbia, Tree — (Giant — ). Several arborescent species. 

 In eastern Cape Colony: E. tetragona, E. grandidens and 

 E. triangularis; in Natal and further north: E. ingens 

 (often misnamed ''Cactus tree") and E. Cooperi. 



Evening flower = Aandblom. 



„ Primrose. Oenothera odorata (S. Amer.) in gardens; 

 Onagra biennis (North Amer.) often on waste lands. 



Everlasting. The commercial kind for export is Helichrysiim 

 vestitum. Several others often employed for floral 

 ornaments e.g. Helipterum eximium (Strawberry — ) and 

 H. variegatum. 



Ewa=trewa (pron : ever trevor). Satyrium coriifolium. Name ? 

 Perhaps from " ou'ma-Tre.wa", as in use at Hermanus. 



Ezels'kost. Euphorbia meloformis. (East. Karoo). 



Fairy bells = Grassy bells. 



Fan palm. Two indigenous species, viz.. Hyphaene crinita, 

 and in the tropical parts H. ventricosa. 



