'Contents of three boxes of plants packed in moss, Cape of Good Hope' by John Forbes

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Title: 'Contents of three boxes of plants packed in moss, Cape of Good Hope' by John Forbes

Scope & content: List of plants, numbered (specimens 1-22), with names and a brief description, with references to the box number and 'the number of parcels of each plant'. Includes a species of Orchis ('peaty earth, flats'), a species of Drosera ('near streams, gravelly soil'), a species of fern ('moist bank, gravelly soil'), a species of Orchideae ('the only plant I found, not in flower, heathy soil') and a species of Pteris ('gravelly banks') [here the list includes 17 more plants]