HARVEY ON A NEW GENUS OF PROTEACEÆ. 375 
male flowers are in terminal racemes ; but the resemblance is 
distant. 
I bestow the generic name as an affectionate tribute to the 
memory of my lamented friend, W. C. Faure, Esq., son of 
the Rev. A. Faure, senior minister of the Dutch Reformed 
Church at Cape Town, a young man of much promise, and 
a most ardent Botanist; whose death occurred under pecu- 
liarly trying circumstances. In 1844, he left the Cape for 
India, having received a commission in the Hon. E. I. Com- 
pany's military service. Soon after his arrival," writes a 
mutual friend, “he was seized with cholera, and brought 
Véry near to death, but eventually recovered. A few months 
afterwards, he had to join his regiment, and in so doing to 
pass through a part of the country infested with robbers and 
people of bad character. While going through a jungle or 
ravine, with another officer and a few soldiers, he was shot 
àt by some persons concealed in the wood: the aim proved 
too true: he fell, and with difficulty reached the next station, 
Where he died, twelve hours after, far from family and 
_ friends, and just at the outset of his career! His amiable 
temper and great talents had made him generally respected." 
E en My acquaintance with Mr. Faure commenced in 1838 and 
terminated in 1840, when I returned home from the Cape. 
During those years he was frequently my companion in short 
 SXCursions in search of plants; and I much enjoyed and 
3 valued his society, independently of the bond of union 
; which Our common love of Botany brought with it. Tear — 
cherish the memory of those delightful walks, along the hills 
Or by the shore; and deeply do I sympathise with his family — 
ge their bereavement. Mr. Faure had an extensive acquain- - 
. tance with Cape plants, especially those of the more acces- — 
Sible districts, He had closely studied the beautiful genus _ 
Oxalis, and was familiar with the variations of a large number 
_ fits species, The determination of these was his favourite 
_ *otanical task; but to none was he indifferent; and in con- 
 Wng his name with a South African shrub, I pay 
Just tribute to the memory of one, who, had his life 
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