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MR. JAMES URITTEN Oi^ SOME 



the introduction of whicli however is credited to the Countess of Stratlnnore. 

 During the first of his journeys he was associated with Rohert Jacoh Gordon, 

 a Dutch colonel to wliotn reference has been made on p. 43 : a furtlier 

 note on In'ni is on p. 40. It seems })r<d)al)!c that Paterson w^as indebted to 

 him for the plates of plants in liis ' Narrative/ 



Curiously enough, there was at the same ])eriod another Patterson, whose 

 leputation was such that it at one time threatened to cause serious hindrance 

 to Masson's work* Thunberg met him at tlie Cape in ] 778 : " I met here/* lie 

 says, " with a Mr. Patterson, an Englislnnan, who was come to this place in 

 order to collect from the interior of Africa, and transmit home to his own 

 country both the seeds and live roots of such plants as were scarce and peculiar 

 to these part?. He professed to travel at the expense of certain indi vid uals, and 

 possessed some small knowledge of Botany, but was in fact a mere gardener ''^ 

 (Travels, Iv, 271). Masson, writing to Banks from the Cape on Jan. 31, 

 178G, says that he had been advised ''how to conduct [himself] as not to 

 excite the jealousy of the inhabitants, wliich was raised to a great degree on 



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Grovernment had permitted Masson to remain at tlio Cape^ 'Mt would seem 

 that his residence here is by no means generally approved of. They say 

 that ^h\ Patterson made an ill use of the liberty that was given him, and 

 an ungenerous return of the great kindness tluit w%as shewn him, in havinf** 

 accompanied Mr, Johnston in the capacity of a guide. That such conduct 

 w^as di-ihonourable, and wliollv derogatorv to the character he w\is received 



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^ Apparently as a consequence of this, Masson wished to 

 go to India, and Forster asks Banks to promote this, but happily Masson 

 remained at the Capo *. 



Anton: Pantaleon' Hove (fl. 1785-98) a Kew gard 



oner, was sent to 



the Guinea Coast in 1785 to obtain plants for the garden, doubtless at the 

 instigation of Banks* Specimens from him are in Herb. Banks— 



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th(Mn types or co-types of interesting species. Of these may be mentioned 

 Codarlum ohtiisifolhnn { = I)ialium <jf(ineji^iisey^'i\\d,) described by Afzelius 

 (Gen. P], Guin. 2;")) from dried specimens — for which, '' cum centenis aliis," lie 



\vas indebted ''muniticentia) Illustris Baronetti et Equitis Joseplii Baid^s^' — 

 collected by Hove ^' in loco Suconda dicto, juxta promontorium <an*neense 

 quod Caho Corso appellant Lusitani et Cape Coarse dicerent Angli, quod vero 

 ni pro more solito in Ca2?e Coast perverterunt/'' He introduced numerous 

 species of relargonhim : an interesting note on these will be found in 

 Andrews's 'Geraniums/ vob ii., under Gera)ilum crassicaule. A specimen 

 of Statice rosea from St. Helena Bay, shows that Hove also collected in 

 the Cape region ; this is of interest as being from the locality whence was 



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