(1771), liaviiifT evidently reached Linne too late for the first 

 Mantissa (17^7). Linnc-'s handwriting here is exceptionally hard 

 to make out. 



We find allusions to letters i'roni Linne in the two from 

 Tiilhagh, which are all that are extant in our possession. 



The notes are artless hnt somewhat verbose. Tims No. 1 

 reads : " Is found in sandy veld growing 2 feet high, brings forth 

 a red flower in May," which is compressed to the essentials : 

 " Sandy veld, 2 ft., red fl. in May " ; No. 130, " Is fonnd on the 

 Roode Zand Mountain [a locality two or three miles west of 

 Tulhagh, in the division of the same name], whole thickets 6 feet 

 high, Howering in October," here printed as : " Koode Zand, entire 

 thickets, 6 ft., fl. Ocober '' ; and once more, No. 139, '' Is found in 

 constant rains, creeping along the ground, with a yellow flower," 

 here shown as: "Rainy season, creeping, fl, yellow." The 

 collector's shrewdness of observation is shown with reference 

 to No. 193, where he remarks that he h;id not seen it in flower. 

 It is Schizcta pectinata, Sw., the only fern in the list. The fertile 

 fronds are in the Linnean herbarium. 



A few words in Cape Dutch occur, such as " veld," = field, 

 but generally applied to the open country of South Africa. 

 " Vlei " occurs once or twice; it means the level ground by 

 a watercourse, sometimes a pool, on the margin of a stream. 

 " Pers " must mean peach-coloured or lilac, for the flowers 

 so described are not in any way compressed. 



Governor Tulbagh to Professor C. v. Linne. 

 [Translation.'] 



Noble and most learned Sir ! 



The letter which you have done me the honour to write 

 inider date of the KUh October, 1701, has duly reached me, and 

 1 have had the pleasure to learn from it that the bulbs and plants 

 which 11 err Brill took hence have given you satisfaction; wherefore 

 1 now enclose for transmission a keg with 36 kinds of flower-bulbs, 

 and a small basket with 20 sorts of flower-seeds, to which 1 have 

 atUlttl a liltle case of the various insects of the country, such as 

 one mav collect oneself, which 1 trust may not be found unwelcome, 

 p^ach and all ha\e been n'iven lothe charge of lle-ri' Carl Ekeberg, 



