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some districts the same name applies to Felicia 

 fascicularis. 



Schaapbos'tee. Quite different from the preceding. Psoralea 

 hracteata, (S.W.) Used green or dry. 



Schaap-drolletje. Plectronia ventosa. From some similarity 

 of the shrivelled fruit. Also P. ciliata. 



Schildpad = Elephants' foot. 

 „ „ 'bessie = Duine'bessie. 



„ „ 'blom. Hyolanche sanguinea. A red root-parasite. 

 „ „ 'bos. ZygopTiyllum Morgsana. Also Qruhhia 



rosmarinifolia (Bredasdorp). 

 „ „ 'kost. Microloma tenuifolium. Better known as the 

 Wax creeper. In the Karoo the same name applied to 

 Crassula lycopodioides. 

 Schoen 'zolen = Veldschoen' blaren. 



Screw bur. Medicago denticulata^ M. laciniata (= Klaver '- 

 gras). 



Sea bean. Entada scandens. A tropical woody climber; the 

 large seeds float on water and are carried to distant 

 shores by ocean currents, e.g., St. Helena, Tristan da 

 Cunha. 



„ grass. Zostera nana, Z. marina. Plants of lagoons, 

 estuaries, etc. They are not seaweeds. Employed in 

 Europe for matresses, etc. 



„ lavender. Statice scahra, etc. 



„ lettuce. Species of Viva (Algae). 



Sealing-wax tree. Pterocarpus erinaceus. No. 



Sebaea. S. exacoides. A lovely spring annual with yellow 

 flowers. 



Sedges. Species of Scirpus, e.g., the socially growing 

 S. maritimtis and the tall Carpha glomerata. 



Selderij, Wilde — . Peucedanum (Buhon) Gallanum 



(= Blistering bush). 



Senna, Wild — . Cassia ohovata. One of the species from 

 which the real senna leaves of commerce are obtained in 

 North Africa. 



Septee. Cordia caffra. A stately tree of the E. distr. 

 September bells. Gardenia glohosa. Natal. 

 „ 'bossie. Polygala myrtifolia. (S.W.) A favoured garden 

 shrub. 



