38 GUNPOWDER- - HARTSLAGGIES 



ating on the trees (in districts with a scanty rainfall, e.g., 



Nam.) in sufficient quantity to enable the natives to 



gather it for export. 

 Gunpowder weed. Silene gallica*. The seeds resemble fine 



gunpowder. Frequent on grainlands. The plant is the host 



of a rust fungus. 

 Gwenya = Kaffir plum. 



Haak'doorn. (Zwart'haak). Acacia detinens. A frequent shrub 

 or small tree of the Kalahari region, from Bushmanland 

 to the Tropics. Leaves and young pods eagerly eaten by 

 sheep and goats. (Haakiesdoom). 



Haak-en-steek (Wit'haak). Acacia spirocarpoides ; further 

 north A. hereroensis. Small trees with two kinds of 

 spines, recurved and straight. 



Haasies'kost. Anacampseros papyracea, A, ustulata. Karoo. 

 Also A. filamentosa. 



Haas 'oor. A species of Stapelia. 



Hagedis 'poot = Paddeklauw. 



Hairbell = Grassy bell. 



Half' mense = Elephant^s trunk. 



Hanekam. Babiana ringens. Inflorescence comb-like. 

 V. Babiaantje. 



Hanekammetje. Dipidax ciliata. A small plant, with pink or 

 white flowers, also called Vleiblom. 



Harde 'bos. Phylica oleoides. (Cedar mts.) 

 „ 'kool. Gombretum spec. ? 



„ 'peer. Olinia cymosa (Rooibessie, Hard pear) and 

 0. capensis. In all forests and wooded ravines of the 

 South coast. Showy when in flower (white) or fruit 

 (berries red). 

 „ „ , Koffee — . Pleurostylia capensis. 

 „ „ (Natal). Strychnos Henningsii. E. and Na. 



Harpuis'bos (or simply har puis). Several species of Euryops, 

 e.g. E. tenuissimus, etc Twigs and leaves rich in resin, 

 hence inflammable even when green. E. lateriflorus (Vet 

 — ), a shrub 3-5 feet high, is the principal and often the 

 only fuel for the farmers of the Roggeveld. E. oligoglosaus 

 (Water — ) in the valleys. 

 At Queen stown applied to E. florihundus. 



Hartebeeste'bos. Nestlera prostrata. 



Hart'slaggies. Lessertia pulchra. A decumbent herb with 

 dark red flowers. Coast distr. Spring. 



