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SUMMARIES OF SOME RECENT BOTANICAL AND ZOO- 
LOGICAL PAPERS REFERRING TO SOUTH AFRICA. 
Duranpd et Scuinz. Conspectus flore Africa. Vol. i, part 2. 
Bruxelles, 1898. Royal 8vo, pp. 268. 
This part contains the orders Ranunculacez to Frankeniacee, 
while the fifth volume of the work, as mentioned in the previous 
Summary, contains the greater part of the Monocotyledons. 
Eneuer, A. Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und 
Gattungen. Verdffentlicht mit Unterstiitzung der Kgl. Preuss. 
Akademie der Wissenschaften. Leipzig. 
Part II. Melastomatacee, von A. Gilg. Pp. 52, with 10 plates. 
S93: 
Contains the descriptions of several species of Dissotis from 
Natal. 
Part III. Combretum, von A. Engler und L. Diels. Pp. 116, 
with 30 plates. 1899. 
This most exhaustive work contains a lst of publications 
referring to the order Combretace@, a review of its genera, and 
the descriptions of all the species of the genus Combretum. 
Among them are seventeen species occurring in South Africa, 
while the ‘‘Flora Capensis,” vol. ii., published in 1862, 
mentions only 10 species. The species are arranged in 55 
groups, of which the distribution, &c., is discussed. 
Woop, J. Mepuey, and Evans, Maurice 8. Descriptions and figures 
of Natal indigenous piants, with notes on their distribution, 
economical value, native names, &c. Vol. 1., part 2, large 4to, 
pp. 43-81, with 50 plates. Durban, 1899. 
The complete volume contains the figures and descriptions 
of 100 plants, and forms a most valuable addition to the 
literature on South African botany. 
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