32 GIFT- — GOM- 



Gift'boom (Van Kynsdorp). Toxicodendron capense. A shrub 

 known only from the Giftbergen near Van Rynsdorp, so 

 named after it. Seeds used formerly for poisoning 

 hyaenas (called "wolve"), hence the name Wolve- 

 boontje for the seeds. 



„ 'zeer MeloloMum calycinum. Bechuanaland. 



Gingerbread tree. Hyphaene crinita. Gur indigenous fan 

 palm. 



Glas 'hout. Myrica cordifoUa (Waxberry bush). Wood very 

 brittle. 



„ tee V. Tee. 



Qli. Ruthea gummifera (Glia). The root was employed by the 

 Hottentots for preparing an intoxicating beverage. 

 Frequent in the South West. 



Glijblom. Drosera cistiflora, etc. 



Globe amaranth. Gomphrena glohosa*. Occasionally outside 

 gardens. 



Gloxinia, Wild — . Charadrophila capensis. A pretty plant 

 with the habit of a miniature Gloxinia, the flowers (blue) 

 in cymes. Rare, only known from cliffs close to some 

 waterfalls at Jonkershoek near Stellenbosch. 



Goats' 'foot. Bauhinia Burkeana, etc. Each leaf consists of 2 

 half-connate leaflets, thus resembling in outline a goat's 

 spoor. 



Goed karoo v. Karoo. 



Goevernements'bossie. Hermannia paucifolia. The farmers 

 of the Bokkeveld and Calvinia know it by another name. 

 A strong purgative. 



Golden star (Autumn) = Sterretje. Curculigo plicata 

 (west, distr.), appearing immediately after the first 

 autumnal rains, often in great numbers. 



„ „ (Winter — ). Hypoxis stellata (yellow variety) and 

 H. serrata, etc. Similar in appearance to the Curculigo, 

 but botanically different. 



„ willow = Port Jackson — and Rooikrans. 



Gom-bos. Pteronia camphorata, etc. Involucre of capitulum 

 viscid. Also Aster filifolius. 



