2/8 A PRELIMINARY LIST OF RIIODESIAN PLANTS. 



made by others ; and if they would send me their Hsts of identi- 

 fications, with dates, habitats and other particulars, it would then 

 l)e possible for me to get out a comparatively complete catalogue 

 of our plants as recorded to date. 



The plants actually taken by myself are not very numerous, 

 so that my personal knowledge of the Rhodesian flora is limited. 

 I have been fortunate, however, in being able to collect in a 

 variely of widely separated districts — z'is., Victoria Falls, Bula- 

 wayo, Alatopos, Sebakwe, Salisbury and Mazoe. For the iden- 

 tification of s]Decimens I am chiefly indebted to the British 

 ^iluseum and the late Dr. Bolus, but 1 also received help from 

 the late Prof. MacOwan and Dr. ^^larloth. 



For invaluable assistance in compiling the catalogue I must 

 specially place on record my indebtedness to Dr. Bolus, to whom 

 nothing was a trouble, and who spared no pains to encourage an 

 obscure and humble follower in his footsteps. 



Others to whom I wish to express thanks for assistance and 

 advice, particularly in the matter of sending me coj^ies of their 

 Rhodesian identifications, are Drs. Rand and Marloth ; Air. E. 

 F. Allen, late of the Agricultural Department; Mr. C. F. H. 

 Monro, M.A., of A'ictoria ; Air. MervA'n Jefifrevs, of Bulawayo ; 

 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, of Melsetter; mV. E. F. Galpin, 

 F.L.S. ; Miss Gibbs. F.L.S. ; Rev. Father Gardner, of Bulawavo; 

 Mr. E. C. Chubb, F.Z.S. ; and Mr. H. G. Mundy. of Salisbury. 



At present I make no attempt to analyse the Rhodesian flora, 

 nor to compare it with the floras of other South African regions. 

 This may be the subject of a later paper when more complete 

 material will be available ; or. better still, some more able hand 

 may perhaps undertake that work, guided by a deeper and wider 

 knowledge of the subject than the present writer. 



In the following list the Ferns and their allies, as already 

 stated, follow the arrangement given in " Ferns of South Africa," 

 by T. R. Sim; while the few other Cryptogams recorded are 

 placed in the order shown in Strasburger's " Text-Book of 

 Botany." 



thallophyta. 



nostocace.f:. 



?,'ostoc commune A'aucher. 



charace.f: 



Chara capcnsis E. Mey. 

 Nitella hyaUna Ag. 



FUNGL 



Croiiartiitm Brcsadolcaiiiim { ?) P. Henn., var. cnclccr P.Ii. 

 Polystictns so)igiiinciis Meyer. 

 H\nucnocJi(ctc nibiginosa Sev. 



