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Orange River Colony, but without touching the best parts of the 

 Transvaal or any part of Rhodesia. 



I have also recently inspected the Government Herbarium of 

 Natal, from which Mr. J. M. Wood, A.L.S., sent me a very full set 

 when my previous work was in hand, but which now contains 

 several additional items of interest. Other public and private her- 

 baria in South Africa are stated by their owners or curators to con- 

 tain little additional material of this kind since last I examined them. 



The following list is compiled from specimens which have passed 

 through my hands, or from reliable records, and shows a total of 

 212 species, comprising 186 ferns and 26 fern-allies. Natal is the 

 district having the highest number of recorded species (117) ; prob- 

 ably this is accounted for by its having warm coast and forest as 

 well as cold mountain regions, and possibly also through its having 

 had closer investigation than the others. Records in hand show the 

 distribution to be as follows : — 



Not recorded elsewhere 



in South Africa. Total. 



Cape Colony, Western Districts 17 species 95 species 



Cape Colony, Eastern Districts 2 86 



Cape Colony, Kaffraria (including Transkei) 2 108 



Natal 15 147 



Transvaal 7 90 



Rhodesia 11 86 



Zambesia 15 20 



Orange River Colony 1 19 



Cape Colony, West and East 20 113 



Cape Colony, East and Kaffraria 1 115 



Kaffraria and Natal 20 152 



Natal and Transvaal 28 161 



Transvaal and Rhodesia 21 129 



Rhodesia and Zambesia 26 105 



West, East, and Kaffraria 22 138 



East, Kaffraria, and Natal 25 155 



Kaffraria, Natal, and Transvaal 40 165 



Natal, Transvaal, and Rhodesia 55 172 



Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Zambesia 36 145 



Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Zambesia 72 188 



Common to West, East, Kaffraria, Natal, Transvaal, and Rhodesia, 25 species, 



of which 8 are also recorded from the Orange River Colony. 



Several species have been received in imperfect condition, mostly 

 barren, which add at least half a dozen to the present list, though 

 they cannot be identified from the material in hand. 



Two genera have been added to the previous list, viz., Platycerium 

 and Lygodium, the latter being represented by two species. Illus- 

 trations of these and several other additions are attached. 



Further contributions of specimens will be thankfully received with 

 a view to adding what still remains absent from the present list. 



