EXPLANATION OF SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 



D. : Dutch. 



EDgl. : English. 



etc. : and other species. 



= : the same as. 



V. : see. 



q.v. : which see. 



introd. : introduced plant. 



* : Foreign plant now 



half wild. 

 med. : used medicinally by 



natives and colonists, 

 pron. : pronounced. 

 (?) : Information on origin 



of name, etc., wanted. 

 Spec. ? : Not known which 



species, hence specimens 



wanted. 



C. : Central districts 



(Karoo, etc.). 

 Del. B. : Delagoa Bay. 

 E. : 

 Kal. 

 Ko. : 

 mts. 

 Na. ; 

 Nam. 



Eastern Cape Province. 

 : Kalahari. 

 : Karoo. 

 : mountains. 

 : Natal. 



: Namaqualand 

 (Little and Great). 

 No. : North of Orange River. 

 S.A. : South Africa. 

 S.W. : South-western dis- 

 tricts of Cape Province. 

 Tr. : Transvaal. 



Glossary of more frequent Dutch terms occurring in 

 compound words. 



Bast, hark. 



Berg, mountain, hill. 



Bes or bessie (besje), herry. 



Blaar (plur. : blaren) or blad, 



leaf. 

 Blauw, hlue. 

 Blom (bloem), flower. 

 Bok, huckj but also goat. 

 Bol, hnlh (including corm and 



tuber). 

 Boom, tree. 

 Bos (bossie, bosje), hush, 



shruh, shruhlet, but also 



forest. 

 Doorn, thorn, spine, prickle. 

 Geel, yellow. 



Gras, grass. 



Groen, green. 



Hout, wood. 



Jakhals, jackal. 



Klip, rock, stone. 



Kop, head, hill. 



Kost (kos), food. 



Kruid (kruiden), herh. 



Melk, milk. 



Paarde or perde, horses. 



Rooi or rode, red or orange. 



Slang, snake. 



Staart, tail. 



Wit, white. 



Wortel, root. 



Zwart, hlack. 



