PREFACE. 



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fN the completion of this volume of " Natal Plants " I have to say with much 

 regret that in consequence of the inability of the Government to continue the 

 grant in aid that we have hitherto received on the completion of each volume, the 

 work must now come to an abrupt conclusion, as the Durban Botanic Society, under 

 whose auspices it was commenced and has been carried on, are not able to continue 

 their assistance without the support of the Government. 



It will be noticed that the Plates Nos. 426 to 450 are printed in a different 

 colour to the others, and the paper on which they are printed is not so good, this 

 colour was not authorised, proofs of it were not submitted, and as the letterpress 

 and binding was done by another firm the mistake was not discovered until too late 

 for rectification. 



The whole of the drawings and dissections of the plants figured in this volume 

 were done by Miss Franks, botanical assistant in the Herbarium, and they have been 

 completed to my entire satisfaction. 



I have again to offer my hearty thanks to the Director of the Royal Gardens 

 and Herbarium at Kew. The whole of the descriptions in A'ol. 2 and, with four 

 exceptions, those of the present volume were taken from the Flora Capensis by 

 permission ; almost the whole of the specimens have been verified at the Kew 

 Herbarium, several specimens have been lent to us for, copying, while some others 

 were drawn by Miss Smith, the botanical artist at Kew, and faithfully copied here by 

 Miss Franks. It is to be regretted that so very little information as to 'the value of 

 the grasses here figured could be given, but all has been quoted that I have been able 

 to obtain, and my thanks are due to all those persons who have supplied us with the 

 material, and also to the members of the Durban Botanic Society for much 

 encouragement in my work. 



f 

 J. MEDLEY WOOD. 



The Parts of this Volume were issued as under : — Part 1, July, 1904 ; Part 2, 

 July, 1905 ; Part 3, March, 1906 ; Part 4, June, 1908. 



