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before in Southern Africa. Thence they took the route of 
the Makasani river, to the newly established villages of 
Balfour and Philipstown at the sources of the Kaff river 
and crossed with great difficulty the steep chain of moun- 
tains that extends laterally from the Sturmberg to the sea, 
and forms the present boundary of the colony. Beyond this 
our enthusiastic naturalists proceeded to the source of the 
Key-river, and the country of the Amatymben, or, as it is 
called, Tambukis. There they discovered a species of Bam- 
busa, a remarkable new Samia, which they called, after their 
friend, Z. Lehmanniana, besides several new species of 
Acacia, Erythrina, and beautiful Orchidec. Here again 
their collections had attained such an unwieldy bulk, that 
at was agreed Mr. Ecklon should convey them to the Cape 
and Europe, which he happily accomplished, arriving in 
Hamburgh with 38 chests of plants. 
The number of species is estimated to amount to between 
7 and 8000, of which however many are uniques, or obtained in 
small numbers, and such are very properly reserved for the 
travellers’ own collections. The rest are offered for sale, in 
Herbaria, varying in price,* according to the number and 
value of the species. The specimens will be accompanied 
by Nos. referring to an **Enumeratio Plantarum Africze 
australis” which will soon be ready for publication (by 
Messrs. Perthes and Besser of Hamburg), and which is to 
be considered as the Prodromus of a complete Flora 
of Southern Africa. We heartily congratulate the Botan- 
ists of Europe that they have at length the prospect of 
becoming acquainted, through this channel, with the vege- 
* This is stated in a circular of Mr. Ecklon, dated Hamburgh Botanic 
Garden 1834, as follows :— 
1. Herbarium of about 3000 species at L2 : 10, —for each 100. 
2. ; : š 2000 : 2. 
3 ‘ 2 « 1500 ; 1: 15. 
ee, 1000 — &: G 
S. . S » 500 i F: 3. 
