I'KliSJDF.NTiAL ADL/KliSS — SECTION C. 69 



populous towns, watering places, and educational centres of 

 iLast London, rort KlizaDetn, (_irahamr-,io\vn, Km_i;willianisto\vn 

 and Uitenhage. 



If these liandbt)oks were issued at an early date, it wouUl 

 not be necessary to revise the volumes of the " Flora Capensis '* 

 above referred to. provided the authors had access to, or were 

 able to consuh b}- proxy, the collcctioris at Kew and the British 

 Museum. 



A handbook to the flora of the Tran.-.vaal and adjacent terri- 

 tory (as included under the fourth head, above j is in course of 

 preparation by the writer of this i)a])er. A hrst instalment, 

 in the form of a key to the families, is v^ne of the papers offered 

 at this session of the Association. 



Mrs. Bolus and the stalT of the Bolus Herbarium are at work 

 on a Flora of the Cape I'eninsula, and Miss Duthie on a Flora 

 of the Stellenbosch iJistrict. These are onlv small jxirtions of 

 the interesting region of winter rainfall. l)Ut let us hope that 

 these ladies will be willing, in the interests of science and the 

 public, to extend the scope of their respective b'loras. 



In the j)reparation of these Regional Floras much time and 

 space could be saved by reducing the descriptions of families 

 and genera to the smallest limits compatible with clearness, 

 leaving the longer and fuller descriptions for monographs and 

 revisions, where they more properly belong. This could easily 

 be done if we had an up-to-date " Genera of South African 

 Plants " — a revised " Harvey's Genera '* — to which the student 

 could refer in case of doubt. Professor Moss, of the South 

 African School of Mines and Technology, has given me ]>erniis- 

 sion to announce that he has taken this work in hand. 



Check Lists. 



The preparation of the Regional Floras would also be 

 lireatlv facilitated and rendered more com])lete by the prelimin- 

 ary publication of " check-lists " for the several regions. These 

 check-lists would assist in defining more exactly the limits of the 

 several Floras, if they gave the known distribution of each 

 species. I would also suggest that a reference 1)e given to the 

 place of publication of the original description. 



Lists more or less answering to this description have already 

 been prepared and published (or are in course of publication) 

 as follows : — 



Natal and Zululand, bv Dr. ). Medlev Wood, A.L.S. 



Kaffraria, by T. R. Sim, F.L.S. 



Cape Peninsula, bv Dr. Bolus. F.L.S.. and Major Wollev- 

 Dod, F.L.S. 



Transvaal and Swaziland. l)v [. Burtt-Davv. F.L.S., and 

 Mrs. Pott. 



Transkei. by Miss Pegler. 



Mashonaland, by F. S. Eyles, F.L.S. 



Gazaland. by W. Swynnerton, F.L.S. 



Namac|ualand. by the late Prof. Pearson, F.L.S. 



Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth, by Prof Schonland. F.L.S. 



