8 ASSEGAI — BANDJEBOS 



Assegai-wood, Curtisia faginea. A large handsome tree with 

 beautiful foliage. Wood tough and strong, highly esteemed 

 for wagons. Supposed to have been used by the KafiSrs 

 for the shafts of their assegais, but not employed for this 

 purpose now. 

 „ wortel = Tien-os-touw. Small shrub, root long, straight 

 down. 



Aster, Wild — . Several indigenous species, e.g., A. fruticosus. 



The Berg — (Cedar mts.) is Lachnaea filamcntosa. 

 Avond blommetje v. Aandblom. 



Baalc'hout, Oreyia SutherlandiL A small tree with gorgeous 

 red flower-spikes, called Wild bottle-brush in 

 Natal. Grown in gardens as an ornamental shrub. Name 

 from " Baaken " (beacon), as the little tree often stands 

 conspicuously on rocks. 



Baard mannetje. Melasphaerula graminea. Allied to 

 Gladiolus. 



Babiaantje, Bahiana (several species). The baboons (baviaan, 

 mostly pron.: babiaan) unearth the corms (so-called 

 bulbs) for food. B. villosa, the Rooi — ; B. ringens, the 

 Rattestaart — . The latter plant bears the flower-spike 

 close to the ground, and the short stem terminates into a 

 tail-like barren piece, which serves as a perch for the 

 sun birds when visiting the flowers. 

 The Geel — is B. macrantha (Darling). 



Bak'bos = O'ond'bos. 



Bakkers 'bos = Windmakerbos. 



Bakkies'blom = Disa. 



Balder jan. Wild — . Yaleriana capensis. The rootstock used 

 medicinally like the European V. officinalis. 



Balsam, Wild — . Impatiens capensis. In forests. 



Bamboo (D. : Bamboes). The species cultivated in many S.A. 

 gardens is Bamhusa Balcooa*, from the East Indies. The 

 indigenous bamboo (Arundinaria fesselata) is frequent on 

 the mountains of the eastern parts. V. Sea-bamboo. 



Banana, Wild — , of the coast districts, is not a Musa, but 

 Strelitzia augnsta. In the northern Transvaal occur two 

 indigenous species of real banana, viz., Musa Living- 

 stoniana and M. Davyana. 



Bandje 'bos, Cotyledon Wallichii. The leaves, especially when 

 shrivelled, resemble short ribbons. V. Nenta. 



