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Samydacese 1 



Passifloreae 4 



Cucurbitacese 5 



Ficoidese 4 



Umbellif ereae ... 7 



Araliacese 1 



Cornacese 2 



Eubiacese 14 



Compositse 44 



Campanulacese ... 1 



Ericaceae 1 



Primulaceae 1 



Myrsineae 1 



Sapotaceae 2 



Ebenaceae 1 



Oleaceae 1 



Apocynaceae 4 



Loganiaceae 1 



Gentianeae 1 



Boragineae 3 



Convolvulaceae ... 7 



Solanaceae 3 



Scrophulariaceae 11 



Lentibularineae ... 1 



Bignoniaceae 2 



Pedalineae 2 



Acanthaceae 5 



Yerbenaceae 3 



Labiatae 8 



lUicebraceae 2 



Amarantaceae 6 



Chenopodieae 2 



Polygonaceae 1 



Podostemaceae ... 2 



Piperaceae 1 



Laurineae 3 



Proteaceae 2 



Thymeliaceae 2 



Santalaceae 3 



Euphorbiaceae ... 10 



Urticaceae 7 



Salicineae 1 



Conif ereae 1 



Cycadaceae 1 



Orchideae 7 



Scitamineae 2 



Haemodoraceae ... 1 



Irideae 6 



Amaryllideae 5 



Liliaceae 10 



CorQmelinaceae ... 2 



Juncaceae 2 



Palmae 2 



Aroideae 2 



Lemnaceae 1 



Naidaceae 2 



Kestiaceae 2 



Cyperaceae 6 



Gramineae 39 



Filices 16 



Lycopodiaceae ... 1 



Selaginellaceae ... 1 



Ehizophoreae 1 



As might be expected, the Orders most largely represented in the 

 Colony are also those which contain the largest number of genera 

 containing one indigenous species only, Composite taking the lead 

 with 44 genera, closely followed by Geamine^ with 39, and 

 Leguminos^ with 23. 



In compiling this list I have laboured under the great disadvantage 

 of not being in a position to consult any large botanical library, the 

 one in the Natal Herbarium being as yet very incomplete. It is 

 therefore quite probable that some Natal plants may have been 

 described in foreign publications which I do not see, as well as 

 in older works which are not in our library. The bulk of the species 

 enumerated in the list have been collected by myself during the last 

 thirty years, and lately by the Curator of the Botanic Gardens. I 

 have been greatly indebted to the Director of the large Herbarium 

 at Kew and his assistants, who have at different times examined and 

 compared a large number of specimens, and have forwarded lists of 

 the names to me. The publication of the later volumes of the 

 " Flora Capensis " has also been of great use, both in obtaining from 

 it the names of species which I have not myself collected, and also 

 the numerous corrections and alterations which have been made in 

 the nomenclature, especially during the last few years. The publica- 



