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HANDSOME INSECTS. — THE RED-LEAF. 
28, 29 O ; 
Between the trees and bushes which clothe the bank of the 
river, a species of Asparagus is every where found, climbing and en- 
twining, so that I could not without difficulty force a way through 
them. On this plant I found feeding, two handsome insects of the 
genus Mylabris ; to one of which I assigned tlie name of Mylabris 
aspa?mgi, as I never met with it but on that plant. The other hardly 
varied from Mylabris bifasciata, except in its greater size, and the 
evenness of its broad yellow bands. 
Here, for the first time, I saw a large tree of picturesque 
growth and thin foliage, called by the Hottentots of Klaarwater, 
Roodeblat (Red-leaf)*, on account of the beautiful crimson color 
which the leaves assume at the autumnal season, or, rather, sea- 
son of fading: in which circumstance it remarkably agrees with the 
Indian Almond [Terminalia Catappa), a well-known tree of the same 
genus. It grows to the height of forty feet, with several crooked 
spreading trunks, from one to two feet in diameter, covered with a 
smooth white or pale greenish bark. It was met with only on the 
banks of the Ky-gariep, and was not a tree of very frequent oc- 
currence. 
* Terminalia erythrophylla. Catal. Geogr. 
glabra. Ramuli juniores pubescentes. Flon 
quadridentatus. Racemi breves ovati. 
Here I also added to my herbarium — 
Pentzia riana. Catal. Geogr. 1731. 
Fruticulus vix semi-pedalis. Folia 
deltoidea sericea, 2 — 6-dentata. Flores 
longissime pedunculati solitarii ter- 
minales. 
Corchorus asple7ufolius. Cat.Geogr. 1737. 
Folia elongate ovata, crenato-serrata, 
serraturis simplicibus. Pedunculus 
oppositifolius. Capsula 4-florus. Ala- 
bastra sub-globosa linearis torulosa. 
Polygala leptophylla. Cat. Geogr. 1 740. 
Flores spicati nutantes subherbacei. 
Folia linearia obtusa glabra. Affinis 
P. ephedroidi. 
1749. Folia acute ovata integerrima 
3 omnes hermaphroditi octandri. Calyx 
Asparagus rivalis. B. 
Hhigozum 
Buclinera 
llelhania F 
Uniola 
Vahlia 
Phlomis 
Phyllanthus 
Qalenia 
Pappophorum 
Lesseriia, &c. 
