358 Plants funnel in the District of Uitenhage. 



It had also appeared on former occasions, that the natives, 

 like other savages, were thievishly disposed, and, whenever 

 opportunity offered, carried off any thing they could find ; 

 fearing to shew themselves again. Not to lose his cattle 

 trade, he scarcely dared to let the natives see his weapons, as 

 the sight of them would have put hundreds to flight. In short, 

 on the 19th, he received the disagreeable intelligence that they 

 were daily retreating further into the interior. 



This minute account of the first two years of Van Riebeek's 

 government, will, we trust, not be unacceptable to our readers, 

 and particularly to the natives and other inhabitants of the 

 Colony ; it appearing that many would desire to know in what 

 manner the settlement at this place was first established, and 

 what were the occupations and adventures of its Founder, and 

 his companions. In the succeeding chapters we shall be more 

 concise, although we shall continue to extract much from the 

 interesting Diary, to which we have already been so frequent- 

 ly indebted. 



A List of Plants found in the District of Uitenhage, 

 between the Months of July, 1829, and February, 1830, 

 together with a Description of some new Species. By- 

 Mr. C. F. ECKLON, Corresponding Member of the South 

 African Institution. 



[Read at the South African Institution.^ 



Having been occupied for several years past in making a col- 

 lection of the Plants found in this Colony, with the view of 

 publishing in time a work on the Flora of South Africa, I 

 have adopted the plan of passing one year in each of the dif- 

 ferent Districts, in situations so as that the object in view 

 should be best effected. Agreeable to that plan, therefore, I 

 resided last year in the district of Uitenhage. 



The geographical distribution of vegetable forms, and the 

 question how far one and the same family, genus, or spe- 

 cies, is distributed over different districts, can only be accu- 

 rately ascertained when we possess as correct a list as pos- 

 sible of the productions of each. It may therefore, perhaps, be 

 deemed of some interest to the Institution to obtain a catalogue 

 of such plants as I have already been able to arrange, from 

 which it will be seen how rich the Flora of South Africa will 

 be found to be if examined carefully. 



The collections were made about the following stations, 

 which are marked in the list by corresponding letters. 



A. The Adovv, between the Sunday and Bosjesmans' Rivers, 

 from the height of 500 to 1000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. This country is variegated with hills covered on some 



