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Suiker'kan. Antholyza revoluta (Red africander). Visited by 

 sun -birds and sugar-birds like other members of the 

 genus. 

 „ 'riet. Along the coast this name is applied to Agropyrum 

 distichum* on account of the sweetish rootstock. In the 

 eastern and northern provinces it is the cultivated 

 " Sweet cane/' Sorghum saccharatum* 



Sumach, Cape — and Tr. — , Osyris ahyssinica. The leaves 

 employed for tanning. 



Sundew. Drosera. A genus of insectivorous plants with 8 

 species in S.A., some with large showy flowers, like 

 D. cistiflora. 



Superb lily. Gloriosa superha. A climbing lily with beautiful 

 large flowers. The leaf-tip transformed into a tendril. 

 (E., No.) Tuber med. 



Swan orchid. Cynorchis compacta. (Na). 



Sword bean v. Sea bean. 



Taai 'bos. All shrubby species of Rhus, on account of the 

 toughness of the wood. Some of the most frequent kinds 

 in the western districts are: R. lucida, R. glauca, 

 R. mucronata, R. o'bovata, R. tomentosa, R. laevigata. 



„ „ , Fijne — . Passerina fiUformis. 



„ „ , Rank — . Rhus mucronata. Spreads by means of 

 suckers. Cape Flats. » 



„ „ , Zoet — . Rhus crenata. v. Kraaibessie. 



„ 'man. Sida rhomhifolia. Bark tough. 



Tabak 'bos. Senecio halimifoUus. Used as a windbreak in 

 cultivated sandy land on the Cape Flats. Foliage 

 glaucous and somewhat resembling that of Nicotiana 

 glauca, v. Tobacco (Wild). 

 „ , Wilde = Wild tobacco. 



Tamaraka. Alhuca minor, A. major (v. Slijmstok). 



Tamarisk. Tamarix articulata and T. usneoides. Frequent 

 along river banks of drier regions (brak soil). In gardens 

 one often finds the cultivated Myricaria germanica. 



Tambookie thorn. Erythrina acanthocarpa. (Eastern O.P.). 



Spiny, the flowers showy. 

 Tam boot ie. Excoecaria africana. A large timber tree of the 



Tr. etc. Wood resembles teak, impervious to termites. 



Tand'pijn wortel. Sium Thunhergii. 



