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Waterval' blom. Gladiolus cardinalis. One of the most 

 gorgeous flowers of the south western mountains, inhabit- 

 ing the sides of waterfalls and flowering early in 

 January. 



W^attle, (Rhodesian — or African Black — ). Peltophorum 

 africanuni. The Box — is Notohuxus natalensis. For 

 cultivated wattles v. Part III. 



Wax berry. Myrica cordifoUa. A shrub frequent among the 

 sand dunes of the southern coast districts. The foliage 

 resembles the ordinary myrtle, but the fruit is a hard 

 drupe, covered with a layer of whitish wax; this is 

 obtained by treating the berries with boiling water; 

 exported as ^^ berry wax" (Cape Flats). 



Wax creeper, Red — . Microloma tenuifolium, etc. The 

 White — , cultivated as a pot plant, is Hoy a carnosa.* 



Wedding bells = Grassy bells. 



Weduwnaar (Weeuwenaar). Bidens pilosa (Black jack). The 

 fruitlets bear two barbed points. 



Weegblaar (Weegbree). The broad-leaved kind is Plantage 

 major* (plantain), the narrow-leaved one: P. lanceolata* 

 (rib wort). The seeds of both are used like sago, as they 

 are rich in starch and slime. 



Wees'kinners. Tritonia undulata and T. scillaris (Tulbagh). 

 Also Nemesia affinis, etc. 



Welwitschia. (W. Bainesii.) The most highly developed 

 gymnospermous plant. In the desert Namib east of Wal- 

 fishbay and south east of Mossamedes. 



Wevertje. Moraea, several species. 



White thorn (Witdoorn). Acacia Karroo, but also A. Catechu. 



„ wood = Without. 

 Wijn'bessie = Zuur'bessie. 

 Wilge'boom v. Willow. 

 Wilg, Vaderlands' — . Not a willow, but Gomhrctum 



Kraussii and C. salicifoUum (No). 

 Willow, Cape — . Salix capensis; Wilms — , S. Wilmsii (Na). 



Also several introd. species, e.g. /Sf. ha^ylonica (Weeping). 



The so-called " Biishveld — " or Bush — is Gomhretum 



salicifoUum^ v. Rodeblad. 

 „ , Golden =Port Jackson and Rooikrans. 



