46 KAMPERNOELIE — KARDEMON 



Kampernoelie = Champignon. 



Kamso. Cotula miiltifida. A native remedy. 



Kandelaar 'blom. Brunsvigia gigantea and B. Josephinae. 

 Bulbs up to 10 inches in diam., flowering in autumn before 

 the new leaves appear. 



Kandelaar (also — 'bos). Cotyledon Wallichii. The flowers 

 are said to be the cause of the krimpziekte. 



Kaneel'blom (Kaneeltje). Hesperantha cinnamomea. Flowers 

 brownish-red on the outside, closed in daytime, sweet- 

 scented in the evening. Also Gladiolus grandis. 

 „boK Pelargonium triste. The tuberiform root astringent. 

 Kanett. Species of Restio used for making brooms. 

 Kanker' blaren. Aptosimum ahietinum (Karoo). 

 „ 'bos = Cancer bush. 

 Kanna v. Ganna. 



Kannabast v. Gannabast. Also Gnidia oppositiJoUa and Dais 

 cotinifolia. 



Kannetjes == Red wax-creeper. 



Kanniedood. (Kan-niet-dood). Aloe variegata, but also other 

 species of Aloe, Eaworthia, Gasteria, etc. Also a species 

 of Tillandsia* (from Brazil), often kept suspended nnder 

 verandahs, etc., hence also called airplants. 



Kannip. Other name for Hydnora africana (Jakhalskost). 



Kanolpijpie. Watsonia rosea, etc. 



Kanot grass. Flagellaria indica. Not a grass. 



Kapiva, Wilde — . Bulbine asphodeloides. Root med. 

 Also B. caespitosa (Asbestos mts.). 



Kap'kappie. Eriocephalus racemosus. Knysna. 



Kapok'blom (Paarde-kapok). Lanaria plumosa. A white 



woolly perennial with lilac flowers ; southern districts. 

 „ 'bossie. Eriocephalus umbellatus, E. spinescenSy etc. Small 



shrublets (Compositae) with woolly involucres. 

 „ , Wilde — . Asclepias fruticosa, etc. The capsules contain 

 numerous seeds, each with a tuft of soft silky hairs. 

 Kapokkie. Erica Peziza, E. hruniades, etc. 

 Kapotje. Schizodium inflexum, etc. 

 Kappertje v. Orchids. 



Kardemon, Wilde — . Fagara capensis (Xanthoxylum) . The 

 seeds highly aromatic. 



