-FIRST ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF THE VASCULAR 

 PLANTS OF THE TRANSVAAL AND SWAZILAND. 



Compiled by Joseph Burtt-Davy, F.L.S,, and Miss R. Leendertz 



[Owin 

 the dispose 

 elsewhere.] 



[Owing to the length of the list itself and the limited funds at 

 the disposal of the Association, it is proposed that it be published 



INTRODUCTION. 

 By Joseph Burtt-Davy, F.L.S. 



On arrival in the Transvaal in 1903 I found my work, both scien- 

 tific and practical, hampered by lack of any catalogue of the plants of 

 the country. It is true that five volumes of the Flora Capensis had 

 already been issued, but the first three, having been published in the 

 early sixties, were hopelessly out of date as regards the Transvaal 

 flora. 



As soon as possible, therefore, I commenced the preparation of a 

 list of all the species authenticall}- recorded in the scattered literature, 

 as occurring within the colony. But administrative duties made it 

 impossible to push the cataloguing with desirable rapidity, and recog- 

 nising that the scientific iuAestigation of our flora was being retarded 

 by the lack of a list, I applied to the council of this Association for a 

 grant-in-aid to carry out the more mechanical part of the work, under 

 my personal supervision. In 1904 a sum of £50 was generously 

 awai'ded for this purpose ; the work was put in hand immediately, 

 and might have been completed in time for the Durban meeting of 

 the Association, but for ni}- having had to visit Europe and America 

 from January to September, 1907. 



Every piece of literatuie bearing upon the flora of the Transvaal, 

 on which I have been able to lay my hands, has been read and cata- 

 logued ; it is 2:)robable that .some papers have been overlooked, as I 

 have not had oiDportunity to spend sufficient time in a good botanical 

 librar}'^ to ensure having seen everj^thing. 



Most of the work of cataloguing has been done by Mrs. Tabuteau ; 

 and much valuable assistance has been volunteered by Mrs. Burtt-Davy. 

 Miss Leendertz has not only filled in additional species and localities 

 from the Transvaal Museum herbarium, but has also assisted in 

 transcribing data from the card catalogue to the MSS., particularl)?^ 

 with most of the Monocotyledons and some of the Sympetalous 

 Dicotyk'dons. 



Through the courtesy of Sir William Thiselton-Dyer I was able 

 to secure copies of the lists of the Trans\aal specimens collected by 

 Dr. Atherstone and Dr. Wilms which are incorporated in the Kew 

 herbarium. 



To make the catalogue as complete as possible under the circum- 



