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PREFACE. 
Colonel Gordon and Captain Paterson discovered some very- 
remarkable species ; but these are very obscure, for want of 
complete figures and descriptions. 
In the splendid work on East India plants, now publishing 
at the expence of the Honourable East India Company, one new 
species is given. 
As so many species of this genus have been found in the 
southern parts of Africa, in Arabia Felix, and in India, pre- 
sumptive proof may be drawn that many remain yet undisco- 
vered ; I am certain that the Cape countries contain several that 
I have not had an opportunity of procuring. 
As no one but myself possesses the figures contained in this 
little work, I have thought it my duty to present them to the 
public, in hopes that they may prove acceptable, both to the 
Botanist and cultivator of plants. Generic and specific descrip- 
tions are given, and some useful hints annexed to the descrip- 
tion of each species. 
