54 LAUREL - LILIES 



Laurel, Cape — = Stinkwood. 



Lavendel, Wilde — . Heteropyxis natalensia. The true lavender 

 of the Mediterranean is Lavandula officinalis, often 

 grown in gardens. 



Lavender, Sea — . Statice scahra, etc. Sea-shore herbs with 



blue flowers. 

 Lead wood. Comhretum porphyrolepis (No). 

 Leek, Wild — = Look. 



Leeuwbekkie. Nemesia hicornis, etc. Pretty annuals, often 

 cultivated in European gardens. The introduced — (snap 

 dragon) is Antirrhinum ma jus, 

 „ 'bos. Zygophyllum morgsana (Knysna). 

 „ 'bout. Indigofera Zeyheri. 

 Lelie v. Lily, also Berg — , brand — , etc. 

 Lemoen'doorn. Gymnosporia huxifolia, (?) 

 „ 'bout. (Lemon-wood, wild lemon). Xymalos monospora. 



Leaves scented. 

 Lemonade tree = Baobab. 

 Lepel' bout = Ladle wood. 



Lettuce, Prickly — . Lactuca Scariola. Now a cosmopolitan 

 weed. 



Lid'bossie. Peucedanum capense. Med. 

 Lidjes'bos. Mesemhrianthemum junceum (v. As-bos). 

 „ 'tee V. Tee. 



Lighted candles. (Na). Loranthus natalitius. A parasitic 

 shrublet with showy red flowers. 



Lilac, Cape — . Ehretia hottentotica. This is not the 

 " seringa." 



Lilies. As a type may be taken the white garden lily (Lilium 

 candidum) from southern Europe. Many other Liliaceae 

 and Amaryllidaceae as well as some other flowers are 

 designated as "lilies." The principal kinds are: 

 Belladonna — , Amaryllis Belladonna; Dobo — , 

 Cyrtantlms parviflorus; Fire — , (Ifafa — , Kei — ), 

 G. sanguineus; White Ifafa — , G. lutescens; 

 Knysna — (or George — ), Vallota purpurea; Natal — , 

 Gladiolus psittacinus ; Orange river — , Grinum longir 

 folium; Pig — = White arum. Snake — , Haemanthus 

 natalensis; Torch — , Kniphofia uvaria, etc., Water — , 

 Nymphaea stellata. 



