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GATTIKAMMA. 
18, 19 Feb. 
the most beautiful plumes, were quietly feeding, without having 
noticed our approach. Speelman crept very near to them ; but 
missing his shot, the birds took the alarm, and, moving off with 
a stately gait, were sooa out of sight, though their pace appeared to 
be but little more than that of walking. 
At a little before noon, we halted for three hours at Gattikamma, 
or Wittewater. The spring yielded now much less water than at the 
end of September; but was frequented by the same plovers, who 
may be considered as the only permanent inhabitants of the spot. 
Two of these I ate for my dinner, and found them of a delicate 
taste, and the more acceptable, after having been without meat 
for two days, as all our salted mutton was soon spoiled by the 
heat of the weather. 
Between the Asbestos Mountains and Gattikamma, even at the 
third time of passing over the same ground, thirty-six numbers 
were added to my botanical catalogue. * 
Amongst them were, — 
Uropetalum glaucum, B. Cat. Geog. 
2066. Bulbus subglobosus. Folia 
glauca, erecta, lanceolata, basi latiora 
et subcucuUata, scapo multo breviora. 
Scapus erectus 2 - 3-pedalis. Flores 
virides, intus ochracei, niitantes, al- 
terni. Pedunculi longissimi patentes. 
Corolla semisexfida. Laciniae 3 ex- 
teriores reflexae, externe ad apicem 
auctae appeiidice caudiforme ; 3 inte- 
riores approximatse apicibus simpli- 
cibus. Germen stylans. Capsula brevis 
trisulcata trilocularis. Semina plura, 
horizontalia discoidea nitida atra. 
Nomen ab oug«, cauda, et OTeTaXov, 
petalum, ob appendicem caudiformem 
ad apices petalorum. Genus est 
prope Lachenaliam, cujiis species 
L. viridis huic adjicienda. 
Oxygonum alatum, B. Cat. Geog. 2074'. 
Planta annua monoica. Folia lanceo- 
lata, incisa, et Integra. Flores spicati 
pedunculati ; plures in spicae ar- 
ticulis. Flores masculi incarnati 
quadrifidi, laciniis patentibus, obovatis 
petaloideis. Filamenta elongata octo. 
Antheras ovatae. Fructus oblongus, 
angulis 3 membranaceo-alatis. 
' Nomen ab o^ug acutus, et ycov/a angu- 
li/s, oh fructum acute angulatum ; et 
verbum Polygono consonum. Genus 
ex ordine Puljjgoneariim. 
Sisymbrium Gariepinum. B. Cat. Geog. 
2080. 
Cyperus t-Kitatus, B. " Boschman's uyent- 
jesr 
Cleome. diandra, B. Cat. Geog. 2103. 
Caulis bipedalis, brevissime spinulosus. 
Folioia septena filiformia. Stamina 
8, quorum duo elongata fertilia, sex 
brevissima sterilia. 
Barleria 
PJiysalis 
Tetragonia 
Justicia 
