1812. 
A RAMBLE ON THE MOUNTAINS. 
543 
made journeys along with his Hottentot masters. He was no richer 
than his countryman Muchunka, but had acquired a good knowledge 
of the Dutch language. 
As to Muchunka, he had all along expressed so much timidity 
and reluctance to the journey to GraafFreynet, that I was forced to 
relinquish the idea of having him as one of the number. 
Finding that, at present, nothing more could be done by any 
further enquiries at this place, I employed the rest of the day in a 
ramble up the mountains, where an astonishing number of flowers 
had sprung up since my former visit to this place, and enabled me 
now to add above forty new plants to my herbarium, nearly the 
whole of which have been hitherto unknown to the science. * 
Gomphocarpus tumentosus, B. Catal. 
Geogr. 2024. Fruticosus erectus 4- 
pedalis albo-tonientosus. Folia an- 
gustissinie linearia, niarginibus revo- 
lutis. Flores albi. Affinis G.frutescenti. 
Cleome rubella, Cat. Geog. 2025. Caulis 
pubescens. Foliola septena lanceolato- 
linearia integei-rima. Petala rosea. 
Filamenta sex. 
Polygnla Asbestina, Cat. Geog. 2030. 
Fruticulus subpedalis, ramificatione 
patente. Folia obovata, supremis 
lanceolatis mucronulatis. Flores ax- 
illares solitarii foliis breviores albi. 
Calycis foliola duo majora lanceolata 
viridia. Capsula ovalis, apice bifido. 
Paschanthus repandus, Cat. Geog. 2036, 
et 2486, 2. Planta frutescens bipe- 
dalis. Rami simpl'iciusculi declinati. 
Folia oleracea * subglauca elongate 
lanceolata semi-collapsa \ niarginibus 
repandis rubicundis; glandulis duobus 
subtus ad petiolum sitis, cum aliis in pa- 
gina inferiore sparsis. Pedunculi ax- 
illares cirrati. Flores polygami oclira- 
cei. Calyx tubulosus 5-fidus. Petala 5 
parva lanceolata, inter divisiones ca- 
lycis inserta. Filamenta 5 in parte 
inferiore calycis inserta. Antherae 
lineares. Germen pedicellatum. Sty- 
lus brevissimus. Stigma lacero-capi- 
tatum. Capsula unilocularis ovata 
cava, 3 — 6-sperma trivalvis, purpu- 
reo-rosea. Semina ovata, arillo coc- 
cineo involuta. 
An hi duo sint specie diversi, ulte- 
riore examinatione determinandum 
est. 
Genus ex Ordine Passiflorearim ; 
quare Paschanthus dicitur, ad affinita- 
tem indigitandam. 
Celosia odorata, B. 
Lichtenstcinia Icevigata, Willd. 
Portulacca oleracea 
* Folium oleraceum dicitur cujus substantia nec carnosa nec nieinbranacea : sed, ut in plantis olcraceis, 
(e.g. Brassica oleracea,) tenera et crassiuscula ; et desiccatione plerunique tenuissima evadens. 
f Folium collaj)sum est cum pagina superior longitudinaliter complicatur, aut latera niutuo sibi sursuni 
applicantur. Sic verbo semi-cuUapsum designatur folium cujus latera includunt angulum 90°, subco/lajjsum 1 40° j 
VLti planum est 180° , 
