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CANNOMOIS
(
La
)
Family:
RESTIONACEAE
canna, = a reed, cane;
-omoios, = -like, resembling.
(
LS
)
Cannomois congesta
(
La
)
Sonkasriet, Sonkwasriet (
PS
)
Location: (
K
)
congero, = to bear, carry or bring together, to collect; to prepare, to make, heap up.
congestus, = brought together.
(crowded together)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Cannomois grandis
(
La
)
Location: (
K
)
grandis, = full-grown, large, great, full, abundant.
(large, great, big, tall, lofty)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Cannomois parviflora
(
La
)
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
)
Cannomois virgata
(
La
)
Besemriet, Olifantsriet (
PS
)
Location: (
K
)
virga, = a slender green branch, a twig, sprout, switch, rod;
(slender green branch, twig, scion, stripe)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
virgatus, = made of twigs or osiers.
(twiggy, long and slender, or streaked, rod-like)
(
ld
,
BL
)