FOREWORD. 



The manuscript to which this refers is intended to supply an 

 answer to questions whicli an enquirer is apt to put when 

 examining Linnean specimens ; the exphinations are purposely 

 shortened so as to compress the reuiarks into a moderate compass, 

 usually a single line, hut when more is needed, it is supplied on 

 the opposite page (verso). 



Certain frequent ahbreviations are : — 



A. = Alstromer. 

 Ard. = Arduino. 

 Br. = Browne. 

 C.B.S. = Caput BonsB Spei= 

 Cape of Good Hope. 

 D.=Dickson. 

 Gerb. = Gerber. 

 Gmel. = Gmelin. 

 H.B. = Herb. Banks. 

 H.L.=Herb. Linn. 

 H.TJ. = Hort. Upsal. 

 Hall.-Haller. 

 Jacq. = Jacquin. 



K.— Fvalm, Kouig. 

 Kh. = Kaehler. 

 L., Loefl. = Lufling. 



M. = Maguol. 



E. = Eoyen. 



S., Sm., J. E.S,=Smith. 



T. = Thunberg, Tulbagh, 

 Turner. 



V°-=: Verso, the left-hand 

 page ; the back of 

 the Eecto, the right- 

 hand page. 



Most of the Linnean contractions are expanded; other signs 

 are explained in the 'Index' published in 1912, but republished 

 here after revision. 



For use of the remarks, the sheets of each genus in the 

 herbarium are numbered at the top left-hand corner in green 

 ink ; these numbers refer to those in the lirst coluiim of the 

 manuscript Catalogue, then followed by the name of the species 

 where given, and the number belonging to the species in the first 

 edition of the 'Species Plantarum ' 1753, wlien used by Linne ; 

 in a few cases the number is written without the name. Addi- 

 tions made in the ' Systema ' ed. X, were denoted by capital 

 letters in place of numbers, and these are also cited. Occasiorjally 



