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HYMENOLEPIS
(
G
)
Basterkaroo (
Le
)
Family:
ASTERACEAE
hymen, = a skin, menbrane;
(thin skin, membrane)
lepis, = a scale, husk, shell.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(involucral bracts)
(
LS
,
BL
,
Le
)
Hymenolepis crithmifolia
(
G
,
La
)
Pokbos (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
krithē, = barley-corn;
folium, = a leaf.
(
Ox
,
ld
)
Hymenolepis indivisa
(
La
)
Location: (
K
)
in-, un-, = not;
divido, = to force asunder, part, separate, divide, bisect, cleave.
indivisus, = undivided.
(
ld
)
Hymenolepis parviflora [Now H. crithmifolia]
(
La
)
Pokbos (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
)
parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(little, small, puny)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(
ld
,
BL
)