Rhodes University Botanical Collections

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  Marine Drive, near Shelly Bay, Port Elizabeth

  Two plants of Felicia echinata at roadside. Other singletons were flowering elsewhere along this stretch of road.
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  Roadside of Marine Drive, behind University of Port Elizabeth

  Coleonema pulchrum in full flower with more not far from there.
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  Marine Drive, behind University of Port Elizabeth

  Strong patch of Coleonema pulchrum plants showing how common the species is in this area.
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  South of University of Port Elizabeth but not on the campus itself

  Recent devastation by fire on an extensive scale.
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  South of University of Port Elizabeth

  Complete burn of veld.
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  Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth

  Burnout of wattle.
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  Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth

  Burnout of wattle.
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  Municipal ground along east side of the Marine Drive near Noordhoek, Port Elizabeth

  Regrowth of duneveld (seven years regrowth) after fire of 14 jan 1998 when heavy invasions of wattle were destroyed. Note the bushy wattle regrowth among local indigenous vegetation.
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  Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University ground behind electrified fence on west side of Marine Drive, near Noordhoek

  View from same aspect as CO 1 above looking west over ground. Note the strong regrowth of a grass sp. 7 years after the fire of 14 Jan 1998.
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  Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth

  Burnout of wattle.
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  Oudtshoorn - Heather Collins at 3 weeks

  Heather Collins at 3 weeks.
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  10 km south Oudtshoorn

  Klapperbos, Nymania capensis in good pod. Many such plants grew along the road at this point.
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  10 km south Oudtshoorn

  Fine flowering plant of Rhigozum obovatum within roadside fences.
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  Seven Weeks Poort, Ladysmith

  One of many flowering Keurbooms, Virgilia oroboides. Peggy Collins and her car on display.
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  A few km south Oudtshoorn

  Single plant of Nymania capensis, Klapperbos, in full seed-pod (Chinese Lantern) at roadside. Wheatland in background, recently reaped.
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  Bottom of Swartberg Pass, Prince Albert, Cape Province

  Pelargonium? In massed flower along the roadside and partway up the steep slopes at the base of the precipices. This was a mere portion of the whole scene.
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  Hallack Street signpost off Park Drive, Port Elizabeth

  Hallack Street signpost off Park Drive, Port Elizabeth - named in honour of Mr. Russell Hallack (1824-1903) a Port Elizabeth businessman and naturalist who lived in Park Drive.
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  No. 6 Deare Street at Redhouse

  Home of Mrs. Florence Paterson, an outstanding plant-collector and amateur botanist of the late 19th & early 20th centuries.
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  No. 6 Deare Street at Redhouse

  Home of Mrs. Florence Paterson, an outstanding local plant-collector and amateur botanist of her time.
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  Russel Hallack (1824 - 1903), Father of Florence Mary Paterson (1869 - 1936)

  Russel Hallack (1824 - 1903). Father of Florence Mary Paterson (1869 - 1936). Both keen amatuer botanists.
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  Florence Mary Paterson b. Hallack (1869 - 1936)

  Florence Mary Paterson b. Hallack (1869 - 1936). Well known amatuer botanist at Port Elizabeth. Daughter of Russel Hallack, also a keen amatuer botanist.
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  Annie Hallack (later Vardy) b. 1852; Elizabeth Hallack (later English); Florence Mary Hallack (later Paterson) (1869 - 1936)

  Annie Hallack (later Vardy) b. 1852. Left: Elizabeth Hallack (later English); Right: Florence Mary Hallack (later Paterson) (1869 - 1936). Daughters of Russel Hallack of Port Elizabeth.
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  Near Breakfast Vlei, Peddie

  White Vlei Lilies (Crinum campanulatum).
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  Near Breakfast Vlei, Peddie

  White Vlei Lilies (Crinum campanulatum). Usually they are a deep pink.
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  Looking across the Keiskamma basin from West Pirie Peak (Hoho Peak) to the three Hogsback peaks. To the left Bhukazana, centre Nguku (flat-top) and Mnyameni to the right

  Between these three and Chata Peak to the far right is Gaika's Kop, a truncated spitskop in the distance. On the slopes of Bhukazana a dense tall growth of Protea subvestita thrives as it does out of the picture to the immediate left of the photographer.