88 WANDERING- — WATER- 



Wandering Jew. Generally applied to a well-known and very 



hardy plant, Tradescantia virginica* (purple or white), 



but occasionally also used for the Indigenous Gyanotis 



nodiflora (flowers blue). Spreads by stolons (rooting 



shoots) like the violet. 

 War 'kruid. The Dutch name for dodder, but rarely used here. 

 Wart cress v. Cress. 

 Was 'bes = Wax berry. 

 Water berry, Water 'bes. Fruit of Water tree (Na) : 



Syzygium cor datum. 

 „ 'blom = Water uintje. 

 „ 'boom = — hout. 



„ 'bos (Bokkeveld). -E^rica cwm^ora (perhaps also others?) 

 „ cress. Nasturtium officinale* Introduced, but now 



widely spread. 

 „ finder = Aarbossie. 

 „ 'glas. BulMne mesemhrianthemoides. A little plant with 



a fleshy root and egg-shaped juicy leaves embedded in the 



soil (Window-leaves. Vol. IV. pi. 27). (Robertson). The 



entire plant eaten as if it were a juicy fruit. 

 „ 'harpuis v. Harpuis. 

 „ 'hout. Syzygium cordatum, generally found along streams 



(E. and No.) Also Acmena Oerrardi (Forest — ). In other 



districts the Cape holly (Ilex mitis) is thus designated 



for the same reason. 



'kers = — cress. 



'koorn. Hydrostachys triaxialis. Kubango river. 



lettuce (Na). Pistia stratiotes. 



lily. Nymphaea stellata. The "Blue Lotos" of the 



ancients. 



matome. Adina Galpinii, also called T r. teak. 



melon, Wild — v. Tsamma. The kaflSr water melon is 



another variety of the same species. 



'navel = Pennywort. 



nut. Trapa hispinosa. Nearly allied to the European 



T. natans. The fruit germinates in the mud of stagnant 



pools, etc., but the plant floats on the water. The kernel 



eaten by the natives. (Na). 



parsnip. Slum Thunhergii. Med. 



tree = Waterhout. 



uintje V. Uintje. 



wood == — hout. 



