92 OF THE CAPE PENINSULA. 
Tuunserc, Carl Pehr, M.D.: b. Jénképing in Sweden, 1748; d. 
Upsala, 1828. The ‘‘ Father of Cape Botany.” Arrived at the Cape in 
1772, and spent three years in travelling and assiduously collecting. 
The Orchids, the greater part of which were new to science and in- 
cluded many from the Cape Peninsula, were partly described by 
himself, but the greater part by Swartz, about the year 1800. 
Verreaux, the Younger. Arrived at the Cape in 1827 and 
remained until 1829, exploring especially the Cape Peninsula, after- 
wards visiting other parts of the Colony. His specimens are in the 
Lessertian Herbarium. 
Wricut, C.S.: b. Connecticut, U.S.A., 1811; d. 1885. Arrived 
at Simon’s Bay, in Ringgold’s U. 8. North Pacific Exploring Expe- 
dition, in 1853. Remained six weeks, and made a large collection of 
plants in the neighbourhood, including several Orchids. 
ZevHER, Karl Ludwig Philip: b. Dillenberg, Germany, 1799; d. 
Cape Town, 1858. Arrived at the Cape in 1828, and travelled over 
a considerable part of South Africa, reaching northward as far as the 
Magaliesbergen. He collected in company with C. F. Ecklon, for 
sale. Their Orchids were described by Dr. Sonder. 
