HEATHS 89 



HEATHS. Nearly 500 species of Erica in South Africa, many 

 of them with showy flowers. The great majority within the 

 south-western region, many restricted to a single valley 

 OP mountain. Until recently a couple of species only had 

 local names and the word "heide" was used only as an 

 equivalent for "heideveld" in some parts of the Bokke- 

 veld hence the present hybrid designations " Rijs'heath," 

 " Taai-heath ", etc. As a flowerseller, when asked for the 

 name of a certain heath once put it : " 0ns het dit vroeger 

 iosluishos genoem, maar nou is dit 'n heat F' Since more 

 interest has been aroused in our wild flowers, numerous 

 names have been created, but being often of purely local 

 origin, they are generally not definitely connected with 

 one species only. A few of these names are: — 

 „ Albertinia — (White) E. Bowieana. Belletje (Elim) 

 — E. regia, etc. Bosluis'blom E. viridipurpurea, 

 Botriver — E. campanulata. Bottle — E. ampullacea 

 also other species of the section E u r y 1 o m a. 

 Elim — E. regia. Green — E. sessiliflora. Hairy — 

 (Red) E. cerinthoides. Hangertje — E. Plukenetii, 

 Houwhoek — E. Massoni. Kapokkie E. bruniades^ 

 E. Peziza^ E. villosa. Karkaar — E. florihundaj 

 E. sp'umosa. Karkar (Wit) E. imhricata. Klokkies — 

 E. viscaria, E. decora. Mielie — E. ahietina. Prince-of- 

 Wales — E. perspicua. Rijs (Geel) — E. lutea. Rijs 

 (Wit) — , E. tenuifolia. Rinkhals — E. imlricata. 

 Riversdale — or Lantern — is E. Uenna. Rooi'haartje 

 E. cerinthoides. Rooi klossie — E. mammosa. Royal — 

 E. regia. Sissie — E. ampullacea. Sticky — (Houwhoek) 

 E. Massoni. Sticky (Tijgerhoek) E. fascicularis. Sticky 

 (White) E. physodes. Taai — (Flats) E. viscaria. Taai — 

 (Houwhoek) E. Massoni. Taai —• (Tijgerhoek) 

 E. fascicularis. Tijgerhoek (ti'er — ) — E. aristata, 

 E. fascicularis. Veder (Veer — ) — E. perspicua. Was 

 (Wax — ) — E. ardens. Worcester (White) ■— 

 E. Monsoniana. Zwartbekkie, E. spumosa. 

 At Ceres E. Thunhergii, from the Cold Bokkeveld (flowers 

 red and yellow), is called the Malay — ; E. Monsoniana 

 the Bokkeveld — and E. glauca the Cup and saucer — -. ^ 

 At Franschhoek E. tegulaefolia is known as Banket je' 

 heide; E. ventricosa, one of the principal attractions of 

 the Spring Flower-show, as Was 'heide, and E. denticulata, 

 one of the few sweet-scented species, as Lekker-ruik- 

 heide (scent somewhat resembling that of the 

 Moonf lower). 



