Vili PREFACE. 
equally free use of such portions of Thunberg’s Herbarium as we 
desired to consult. The examination of the Thunbergian Com- 
posite has enabled Dr. Harvey to verify many of the obscure 
species of older authors, and in many cases to correct the synony- 
my. And Dr. Sonder has similarly profited, in his troublesome 
task on the synonymy of the Campanulacece. ee 
Since the publication of our last volume South dices B Botaty——___ 
has lost in Dr. Lupovic Papp#, late Colonial Botanist, a most _ 
diligent, devoted and successful explorer. His large herbarium, 
the result of many years labour, has been purchased by the 
Colonial Government for £200, and is now in course of arrange- 
ment. A portion containing the orders from Ranwneulacee to 
Umbellifere inclusive, is already accessible to the student, and 
it is hoped that before the end of the present year the portion 
available for study will extend to the end of Campanulacee. 
When the whole shall have been completed the South African 
student will possess, at Capetown, an aid to study better than 
any book of reference. 
Nor can the authors close this preface without a tribute of 
- gratitude to Rawson W. Rawson, Esq,, late Colonial Secretary, 
and now Governor of the Bahamas. To the active interest which 
from the first Mr. Rawson took in their undertaking, and to his 
powerful advocacy in the Colonial Parliament, are greatly due 
the very existence of the Flora. Nor was his assistance limited 
to the greater acts of patronage which became his station, but 
extended to the smallest details, such as the forwarding of par-— : 
cels, &c.: in every detail and on every occasion he was invitie:!!y 
kind and considerate, es 
Trinity College, Dublin, 
24th Feb., 1865. 
