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and are then often choked by the indigestible lumps, into 

 which the fibrous tough stems are transformed during 

 the chewing. 



Transsi v. Terransi. 



Travellers' joy. Clematis hracliiata, G. Thunhergii. 



Tree-fern v. Ferns. 



Tree killer. Ficus natalensis. Often starts life as an epiphyte 

 on another tree, the seed having germinated in a crack 

 of the bark or the junction of two branches. (Birds eat 

 the fruits and scatter the seeds). Gradually the roots 

 envelop the trunk and finally reach the ground, while the 

 crown overshadows the host and finally overpowers it. 



Tril' gras = Bevertje. 



Trompetter. Gladiolus tristis var. concolor. v. Aand'blom. 



Trots van Franschhoek = Blushing bride. 



Truffle (Kalahari). Terfezia Glavereyi, a near relative of 

 the real truffle. Forms a favourite vegetable. 



Truitje-roer-mij-niet. v. Kruidje. 



Trumpet flower (Cape — ) == Kaffir honeysuckle. 



Tryphia. Holotlirix Lindleyana, etc. Small orchids of the 

 Eastern Province. 



Tsamma (tshamma). Gitrullus vulgaris. The sweet wild 

 melon, frequent in some parts of the Kalahari. 



Tulp (tulip). Several poisonous Irids: Homer ia collina, the 

 Geel (yellow) — ; E. aurantiaca and H. miniata, the 

 Rooi (red) — , both frequent in the south western Cape 

 Prov. ; E. pallida, the Transvaal — . Moraea polystachya, 

 the Blauw — of the Karoo, etc. The real tulip (Tulipa 

 Gesneriana) from Asia Minor, belongs to Liliaceae. 



Tumble weed. Several S.A. plants become detached from the 

 root and roll along before the wind, thus spreading their 

 seeds. The best known are: Leucas martinicensis and 

 Acrotome inflata. The Russian — is the same plant as 

 the Russian thistle, q.v. 



Tumboa = Welwitschia. 



Turkey berry. Plectronia ventosa. 



Turk's cap. Gloriosa superha. In England this name belongs 

 to Lilium Martagon. 



Turk'naald (Muskuskruid). Erodium moschatum* Fodder- 

 plant. 



