Boy Eel As Cate 
Tue original drawings of the plants represented in the following plates, were made from 
specimens collected at the Cape of Good Hope a few years ago, during a temporary residence 
in that Colony. 
They were made solely for the amusement of leisure hours; but during their progress 
happened to come from time to time under the observation and critical eye of Dr. Wallich 
(then also on a visit to the Cape), and under the encouragement derived from his approbation 
and with his sanction of their fidelity, the drawings were sent to England, and having been 
submitted to the inspection of Sir William Hooker, were likewise honoured by his favourable 
opinion, and it was at the joint suggestion and advice of these two distinguished botanists that 
they were ultimately placed in the hands of the eminent Lithographer Mr. P. Gauci. 
The very interesting descriptive remarks upon the plates were contributed by Professor 
Harvey of Dublin, whose intimate knowledge of South African botany has enabled him to 
confer a value upon the work, (which does not profess to be of a strictly scientific character) 
in which it would otherwise have been deficient. 
The Authoress is glad to have this opportunity of returning her best thanks for the 
flattering consideration and valuable assistance bestowed on her own humble efforts ; and 
it will be a source of much gratification to her if she is enabled to impart, in some degree, to 
others the pleasure she has herself derived from the study of the beautiful flowers of Southern 
Africa, 
September, 1849. 
