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EEVISED LIST OF THE FLORA OF NATAL. 

 Compiled by J. Medley Wood. 



PKEFACE. 



In compliance with an expressed wish, I have compiled a list of 

 the plants of Natal brought up to date as nearly as the information in 

 my possession enables me to do. The plants enumerated in it are 

 included in 132 Orders and 875 genera, and number 3,308 species 

 and 83 varieties or unnamed species, no variety being considered as 

 such unless the type is also in the Colony. 



It will be noticed that the Order Asclepiade^ has been omitted 

 from this list, the reason being that as considerable alterations are 

 now being made in this Order it has been thought better to omit it 

 here rather than insert the names of genera that will not appear 

 when the descriptions are published in the volume of " Flora 

 Capensis," now in course of preparation at Kew, but when the 

 Part or Parts of the volume completing the Order are published, 

 the Natal Asclepiads will be looked over and published as a 

 supplement. 



The Colony of Natal is almost naturally divided into three belts or 

 zones, the coast belt reaching from sea-level to, say, 1,500 feet alt., 

 the midlands from thence to 4,000 feet, and the uplands to 6,000 feet 

 or more. The coast belt is semi-tropical, and is the home of two 

 species of Palms, one of which, Hyphcene crinita, is never found far 

 from the coast, the other one, Phcenix reclinata, though most plentiful 

 in coast districts, reaches occasionally to 2,000 feet above sea-level, 

 as also does our only species of Strelitzia. Though Euphorbias are 

 found all over the Colony, the large arborescent species are more 

 plentiful in the coast districts, but many curious and interesting 

 species are found in the midland and upper districts. Of large and 

 tall trees there are but few in the coast belt, a very striking one 

 being Trichilia Dregeana, a handsome shade tree, specimens of 

 which are plentiful near the coast, but it does not extend far into 



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