HAFFKAKIAN BOTANY. 
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It is inserted, as it was originally noted down, 
to explain, with more force tlian words, the ex- 
traordinary profusion and variety of the flowers 
of Kaffirland. 
" Banks of the Kei Biver. 
"May 15th, 1853. Pound: 
Petunia, blue, white, pale straw coloured. 
Gloxinia, white, pink, lilac, blue. 
Cyneraria, purple, blue, lilac. 
Indigo -f era, in abundance. 
Everlasting Flowers, (Helichrysum faetidum) white, 
small and large, yellow, large and small, pink and 
straw coloured. 
Wild thyme, wormwood, balm, peppermint, tansey, 
camomile, sage, wood sorel. 
Trifolium, white, pink, crimson, lilac, and blue. 
Buttercups, white and yellow daisies, iris, white, 
• blue, yellow. 
Convolvolus major, lilac, scarlet, and white. 
Crassula coccinea, blossoms white. 
Gladiolus, white, lilac, pink, scarlet, pale blue. 
Sandersonia aurantiaca. 
Sebsea ambigua, geranium, scarlet, pink, ivy-leaved, 
and three small ground varieties. 
Trachonanthus camphora, (aromatic shrub.) 
Protea, Coralodendrum (dwarf and giant.) 
Brunsvigia xnultifiora, bulb. The bella donna, ditto. 
Amaranthus tuber. The Palmiet, found on the bank 
of the Isixini river. The Todea Africana, or giant 
fern; the Zamia; the Schotia speciosa, or Boer- 
boon tjes; Euphorbias; seventeen varieties — there 
are forty, in all, known. 
Scarlet Antholyza. The Arum Lily ; Lobelia pinafolia ; 
Anemone Capensis; Metrosideros, or myrtle; Ixia; 
Scabious; Aloes: 7. 
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