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Kiepersol v. Sambrielboom. 

 Xiesie-'blaar (West) = Kaasjes. 

 „ „ (East London) = Bushbuck food. 



Kinder 'bessie. Halleria elUptica. A small tree, often shrubby 

 only ; berries edible. 



Kinkel 'bossie. Tetragonia fruticosa. 



Kipkippers (Kipkippies) meaning "chickens." Gladiolus 

 alatus (flowers) ; in other districts Nymania capensis 

 (capsules). Also Sutherlandia frutescens (Kippie'bos). 



Kirie'hout. Rhus laevigata. 



Kirie'moer. Mesemhrianthemum stellatum (eastern C.P.), 

 used as an addition to kaffir beer. But in Griqualand West 

 (along the Asbestos Hills) the natives apply a similar 

 name to Euphorbia decussata and use it for the same 

 purpose, (moer = yeast). 



Kissieblaar v. Kaasjes. 



Klaas Louw bos. Athanasia trifurcata. A shrubby weed on 

 fallow lands. One of the explanations given for the name 

 is, that a certain farmer of this name allowed the bush to 

 spread on his lands and thus became the cause of the 

 trouble it is causing the grain farmers now. Sometimes 

 also applied to A. crithmifolia. 



Kiap'bes, Kaaps — = Cape gooseberry. 



Kiapper'bos. Nymania (Aitonia) capensis. The capsules 

 papery and inflated, often bright red. Also Podalyria 

 calyptrata, etc., on account of their inflated pods. 

 „ , Berg — . Montinia caryophyllacea. From Capetown to 

 the Tropics. 



Klappers. Crotalaria Burheana, the shrublet causing the stijf- 

 ziekte (The pods are inflated like little rattles). Tr. The 

 same name is applied to some species of Strychnos, e.g., 

 8. pungens (wild orange), as the seeds rattle in the old 

 fruits. 



Klappertjes. Gysticapnos africana. Seed-vessels much 

 inflated. A delicate climbing herb of the S.W. 



Klauw 'doorn = Grapple plant. 



Klaver, Akker — . Trifolium agrarium. v. Clover. 

 „ 'gras. Medicago denticulata and M. nigra. 

 Klimop. This name (meaning "climber") is in Holland used 

 for the ivy. Here several other climbing plants bear this 



