o8 MELON — MONKEY- 



Melon, Kaffir — v. Kaffir. 



Mercury. Mercurialis annua. A weed from South. Eur. 

 Mexican tea. Chenopodium anibrosioides, from Trop. Amer. 

 Milkweed. Euphorbia helioscopia* etc. 

 „ „ , Shrubby. Asclepias fruticosa. 

 Milkwood V. Melkhout. 

 Millet, Wild — v. Grasses. 

 Mimosa. Applied to Acacia Karoo. 

 Minaret flower = Wild dagga. 

 Minger'hout = Matome (Water — ). 

 Minnie-minnies == Love beans. 

 Mint, Wild — . Mentha aquatica and M. capensis. 

 Mirt, Wilde — , = Mirting. 



Mirting, Wilde — . Myrsine africana. From T. Mt. to 



Abyssinia. 

 Mispel, Wilde — = Medlar. 



Mist'bredie. Portulaca oleracea.* A weed, but also suitable 

 as a vegetable. The same name is applied to Amarantua 

 Thunhergii, etc. (Tr.). (From Mest — ). 



Mistel (Mistletoe). Viscum capense (white berries), 

 Y. rotundifolium (red berries), etc. 



Mist'rijder's blom == Maartblom. Flowering at the time 

 when farmers cart manure to their lands. (West). 



Mobola plum. Parinarium mohola. (The Hissing tree or grijs- 

 appelboom). The fruit apple-like, very aromatic. 



Moeder'kappie. Various orchids, e.g., Pterygodium catholicum, 

 Dis peris capensis , etc. 



Moepel. Mimusops Zepheri, etc. Tr. 



Moer' bei, Wilde — . Trimeria alnifolia. 

 „ 'plantje. Anacampseros ustulata, A. papyracea. Employed 

 as a kind of yeast for " moer-bolletjes," but its function 

 unexplained. 

 „ 'wortel = Gli. 

 Molteno-disease plant. Senecio latifolius. 



Monkey apple. Royena pubescens. Karoo. 

 „ bulb. Mariscus capensis. Rootstock eaten by baboons and 

 birds. 



