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thein roaring around us ; and, in addition to these, our ears 
were assailed with the various cries of a multitude of fero- 
cious beasts that nightly prowl the woods in quest of prey. 
The roaring of lions, the bellowing of bulfaloes, the howling 
of wolves, the yelping of jackals, and the timid lowing of our 
oxen, were parts in the nocturnal concert that could not be 
said to produce much harmony to us who were encamped in 
the midst of a forest of which we could discern no end. 
On the slope of a hill, towards the southern verge of the fo- 
rest, I distinguished among the clumps of frutescent plants 
several flowers of a streUtzia, which I took for granted to be 
the regince, but on a nearer approach it turned out to be a new 
species differing remarkably in the foliage from the two al- 
ready known. Instead of the broad plantain-like leaves of 
these, those of the new species were round, a little compressed, 
half an inch in diameter at the base, tapering to a point at 
the top, and from six to ten feet high : the flowers appeared 
to be the same as those of the regina?, the colors perhaps a 
little deeper, particularly that of the nectarium, which was 
of a beautiful violet blue. I procured half a dozen roots, 
which 1 sent down to the botanic garden at the Cape; and 
the plant is now in England, and likely to become as com- 
mon as the other species. A beautiful plant of the palm 
tribe was growing near the strelitzia, from the pith of which 
the Hottentots were said to make a kind of bread. It was a 
species of zamia, apparently a variety of the cycadis described 
by Mr. Masson. The leaves were of a glaucous color and 
lanceolate; the leaflets nearest the base pointed with one, 
those about the middle with two, and those at the extremities 
with three, strong spines. 
