Meiringspoort
The towering sandstone cliff walls and breathtaking rock formations of Meiringspoort lie on the N12 between Beaufort West and Oudtshoorn. The poort follows the natural gorge hewn by the Groot Rivier (big river) through the Swartberg range connecting, on either end, the towns of Klaarstroom and De Rust, or the Groot and Klein Karoo respectively. It is famous for its waterfall
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Lachnostylis bilocularis
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Otholobium
Otholobium
Olea
Hermannia althaeifolia
Hermannia
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Taxonomy term
Melianthus
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Gk. meli, La. mel = honey; anthos = flower. The honey flowers ‘contain abundant nectar, but, judging by their stink, I would not expect edible honey! ‘Kruidjie-roer-my-nie’ (WPU Jackson).
Mesembryanthemum
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Gk. mesos = in the middle, between; embryon = fruit (embryo); anthemon = flower. The flowers need mid-day sunshine to open.
Metalasia
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Gk. meta- = meaning reverse; lasios = shaggy, woolly. The leaves are twisted, rolled upward, to present the woolly side of the leaf from the top to the bottom.
Microloma
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Gk. mikros = very small; loma = edge or fringe; referring to the hairy corolla tube. The hairs are minute.
Monopsis
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Gk. mono- = one, single; -opsis = resembling; referring to the appearance of the corolla for most species. Every flower looks the same.
Montinia
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After Laurence Montin, "an obscure Swedish botanist" (Harvey in F.C.).
Moraea
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Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Nemesia
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Gk. nemesion, nemeseion from nemo = to distribute, to enjoy, to pasture, to feed; or nemos = wooded pasture, glade, a grove; name used by Dioscorides for a similar plant, referring to their habitat.
Nemesia versicolor
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From the Latin versicolor / versicolor meaning ‘variously coloured’; typically referring to either a flower with multiple colours, or a species that has variously coloured flowers
Olea
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Gk. elaia, La. olea = classical Latin name for the olive.
Opuntia
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La. opuntia = a plant from Opus, ancient town of Locris, Greece; prickly pear.
Ornithogalum
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Gk. ornithos = bird; gala = milk, presumably referring to the colostrum-like, high fat secretions produced by the Colombidae (‘pigeon’s milk’) and stored in the crop for feeding the young. Maybe this somewhat resembles the gooey sap that exudes from the cut stems. Some authors suggest that the name merely refers to the milky whiteness of some flowers, while ‘bird’s milk’ to the ancient Greeks was a colloquial expression for something wonderful.
Otholobium
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From the Greek otheo, to burst forth; lobos. lobe or pod. The fruit of . caff rum seems to be "pushing out of the calyx" (author).
Othonna
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Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.