PRELIMINARY LIST OF FLOWERING PLANTS. FERNS 

 AND FERN ALLIES, FOUND IN THE PORT ELIZA- 

 BETH DISTRICT. 



By Isaac Lulls Drege. 



At the request of some friends 1 have been induced to 

 bring forward a list of plants of the district of Port Elizabeth, 

 Cape of Good Hope. The Port Elizabeth municipal area is 

 bounded on the south by a line from the sea, drawn through 

 the Roman rock beacons, to the south-east corner of Walmer 

 farm ; thence in a northerly direction along the east boundary 

 of the said farm to the north-east corner of the same ; thence 

 westward along the Walmer boundary to the beacon next 

 Harris's Kraal ; thence in a north-easterly direction along the 

 boundaries of Newcombe's farm and Korsten, to the northward 

 of the north creek ; thence following the line of the Deal Party's 

 grant, to the sea ; and thence, along the sea beach at high-water 

 mark, to the first-mentioned point. The area of Port Elizabeth 

 Municipality is about 15 square miles. The district of Port 

 Elizabeth is about 300 square miles in extent. The district 

 extends from Sea View farm to Green bushes, from Green 

 bushes to Redhouse, from there along the Zwartkops river to 

 the sea. The Port Elizabeth district is bounded by the Uitenhage 

 district and the sea. Most of the plants have been found by 

 myself, and by recording the finds I have been able in most cases 

 to give the month for flowering. Although the district is small 

 the number of plants is not disappointing (over 500). I have tried 

 to make this list as complete as possible, but there is still much 

 room for improvement, especially amongst the cryptogams, 

 which I think have been rather neglected by botanists. I would 

 like to mention a few of them, and may, by so doing, induce 

 others to follow this up. 



ALGAE. 



Nitclla sp. 



FUNGI, 

 Graphiola Phccnica on Phoenix. 

 Polyporus sp.. found in May. 

 Agaric us camp est ris. 



Clavaria sp., close to acuta, found in April. 

 Mutinus sp. 



Kalchbrennera Tuckii, found in a gravelled yard (once only) 

 in April. 



Kalchbrennera Tuckii is strangely distributed. It was 

 originally found in Angola, and then redescribed from a specimen 

 found at Somer-et East. Dr. Schoriland has had several speci- 

 mens at various times from Grahamstown, but it seems to be 

 very rare.* The fungus is of a very frail structure, and emits 



* Letter from Dr. S. Schonland, 19th April, 1909. 



