South African Ferns and their Distribution. 269 



from which I have had 19 species, and probably the list will yet 

 be much extended. 



In consideration of the numerous additional species recorded from 

 the Transvaal, Ehodesia, and Orange Eiver Colony, it has been con- 

 sidered advisable to make this not only a new check-list for the 

 whole of South Africa, but also a full record of localities for these 

 upper colonies, according to present information, including, for con- 

 venience, such localities as were recorded in " The Ferns of South 

 Africa," together with what have since been ascertained. It has 

 also been decided to note therein such extension of distribution in 

 Cape Colony and Natal as is worthy of record, though not to repeat 

 the Cape and Natal localities previously well worked up. 



The arrangement into districts has been as formerly, viz. : (1) Cape, 

 Western ; (2) Cape, Eastern ; (3) Kaffraria ; (4) Natal ; (5) Orange 

 River Colony ; (6) Transvaal ; (7) Rhodesia ; and for a few of which 

 the exact habitat is not ascertained Zambesia is also given, as indi- 

 cating localities probably in Rhodesia, but also possibly north of the 

 Zambesi, or in Portuguese territory. 



Madagascar has not been dealt with here, and it is remarkable 

 that though an enormous number of new species have during recent 

 years been found in Madagascar, the ferns and fern-allies of conti- 

 nental South Africa, in so far as I have seen them, have all belonged to 

 previously described species, with the exception of two, viz., Isoetes 

 Wormaldii from East London, and Davallia Hollandii from Rhodesia. 



The Transvaal localities formerly recorded were mostly from the 

 collections of Sanderson, Burke, Zeyher, Maclea, Ayres, and Bolus ; 

 and those from Rhodesia from the collections of Oates, Waller, Sir 

 John Kirk, and Ffolliott-Darling. 



Since then Mr. R. Schlechter, Mr. Eastwood, and Mr. J. Burtt- 

 Davy have sent considerable contributions from the Transvaal ; Mr. 

 W. A. Quail sent a collection from Ficksburg, Orange River Colony; 

 Mr. B. A. Holland (Rondebosch) made a very complete collection of 

 Rhodesian ferns in 1904 ; Mrs. Bennett made a fine collection from 

 the neighbourhood of Umtali, which was shown at the Capetown 

 Exhibition this year, and to which she has since added many speci- 

 mens ; Mr. G. Richards, M.L.A. (Natal), and Mr. Allen, of Rhodesia, 

 collected at the Victoria Falls in 1904 ; Mr. H. Marshall-Hole, C.C. 

 and R.M., Salisbury, sent specimens from his neighbourhood in 

 1894, and many others have made smaller Rhodesian contributions ; 

 while in Cape Colony Mr. H. G. Flanagan, F.L.S., has continued to 

 collect what was new to him or not recorded before, and Dr. Bolus 

 and Dr. Marloth have also been adding. My own collections have 

 been made in the Cape Colony, Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, and 



