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Hop clover v. Clover and Akkerklaver. 



Horloge 'blom. Various species of passion-flower. Passiflora 

 coerulea* occasionally half -wild. 



Hornwort = Hoornblad. 



Horse bush. Leucas Pechuelii. Fodder-plant (Gr. Nam.) 

 „ tail. Equisetum ramosissimum. The only species in S.A. 

 „ weed. Erigeron canadensis. Cosmopolitan. 

 „ wood. Hippohromus (alatus) parviflorus. v. also Paardepis 

 Hotnots'kool. Anthericum hispidum and A, revolutum. 



Similar to Wilde blomkool. 

 „ 'riem. Geraria gariepensis. The bark of young shoots 

 (when in sap) is removed entire, and this elastic tubing 

 used for joining two sticks in order to reach the honey of 

 bees building their nest in a cliff- 

 f» 'vijg = Hottentots fig. 



„ 'toontje. Duvalia and other small stapelia-like plants. 

 Hottentots bean tree v. Boerboon. 

 „ bedding = Kooigoed. 

 „ cherry v. Cherry. 



„ fig. Mesemhrianthemum edule v. Fig and Gaukum. 

 „ tea V. Tee. 

 Hounds tongue. Cynoglossum micranthum* A troublesome 



weed. Tr. 

 Huilbos. Peltophorum africanum. Tr. 



Hyacinth, Wild — . Several species of Lachenalia, e.g., 

 L. orchioides and L. contaminata. The garden plant is 

 Hyacinthus orientalis from the east. Mediterranean. 



Ice Plant (Us — ). Mesemhrianthemum crystalUnum and 

 several other species with papulose leaves. Some cells of 

 the epidermis are enlarged and filled with water, as a 

 reserve for the use of the plant in times of drought. 



Ifafa lily. Cyrtanthus sanguineus (Na). The White — is 



C. lutescens. 

 IJzer'gras (pron.: ijster). Anchusa riparia. A rough-haired 

 herb. 

 „ 'hout. Olea capensis. Only a shrub near Capetown, but 



larger further east. Flowers fragrant. 

 „ ,. , Basterd — . 0. foveolata. Leaves with domatia. 

 „ „ , Grootblaar — = Mulberry, Wild — . 



