92 ZINKING — ZWAMMEN 



Zinking 'bossie. Pelargonium ramosissimum. Used as a tea 

 for various complaints (Nieuwveld mts.). In other parts: 

 Ghenopodium arribrosioides. 



Zoet 'doorn. Acacia Karroo. (Karoo thorn). The foliage eaten 

 by stock. A variety with astringent leaves is called 

 Zuur 'doorn (Gr. Et.). 

 ,, 'hout' bossie. Rafnia amplexicaulis. The root employed 

 like the real zoethout (liquorice root from Glycyrrhiza 

 glahra*), a plant introduced into Cape gardens from Asia 

 Minor. 

 „ 'pop. Eyo'banche sanguinea. (Clanwilliam). 



Zoutbos == Salt-bush. 

 „ 'gonna. Struthiola erecta (Knysna). 

 „ 'ganna = Brakganna. 

 „ 'slaai == Brakslaai. 



Zuig 'distel (zeug) == Sijdissel. 



Zuring. A number of plants with acidulous sap, most of them 

 either species of Rumex (dock) or of Oxalis (sorrel). 

 Bok — , Steenbok — is R. Acetosella, a pest of grain- 

 lands, as it suppresses the grass, e.g., the fine couch grass, 

 which otherwise comes up after the harvest. The Makke 

 — is R, conglomeratus, also R. cordatus (tongblaar), both 

 used like spinach for bredies ; the Rooi — is R. sagittatus. 

 The Gele — is 0. cernua, also called Wilde — or Pijp — . 

 or Klaver — . The Kaffer — is Pelargonium peltatum. 

 „ , Schaap — . Hyperstelis verrucosa. An annual herb of 

 the Karoo. 



Zuur'bessie (Wijn'bessie). Dovyalis rhamnoides, a shrub of 



the southern coast districts. Fruit made into jam. 



D. rotundifolia is sometimes employed in a similar way. 



The shrubs are often visited by a little iridescent beetle 



(Chrysomela) . Knysna, etc. 

 „ 'doorn v. Zoetdoorn. 

 „ kanol (knol). Watsonia rosea, W. iridifoUa, etc. Also 



Antholyza praealta, Aristea capitata, etc. 

 „ 'karree = Karee'bos. 

 „ 'pol V. Grasses. 

 „ 'pruim V. Pruim. 

 » 'vijg = Sour fig. 



Zwammen. Various edible mushrooms, e.g., Psalliota 

 campestris. 



