﻿the 
  very 
  liberal 
  support 
  promised 
  by 
  the 
  Government, 
  that 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  commence 
  such 
  a 
  work 
  as 
  this, 
  a 
  work 
  

   which 
  we 
  shall 
  endeavour 
  to 
  make 
  as 
  useful 
  as 
  we 
  can, 
  both 
  to 
  

   colonists 
  and 
  to 
  botanists. 
  The 
  50 
  plants 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  are 
  

   already 
  described, 
  and 
  contain 
  many 
  interesting 
  species. 
  The 
  

   following 
  new 
  species 
  are 
  already 
  described 
  for 
  this 
  part 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Name. 
  

  

  

  From. 
  

  

  Albuca 
  Wylei 
  

  

  , 
  , 
  ... 
  

  

  Zululand. 
  

  

  BerJcheya 
  latifolia 
  

  

  •• 
  1 
  

  

  

  Berhheya 
  montana 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  

  Chaenostona 
  neglectum 
  

  

  l- 
  

  

  Drakensberg 
  

  

  Melickry 
  sum 
  infaustum 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  

  Hibiscus 
  saxatilis 
  

  

  - 
  J 
  

  

  

  Mora 
  ea 
  glauca 
  ... 
  

  

  

  Mooi 
  River. 
  

  

  Pentzia 
  By 
  lei 
  ... 
  

   Wahlenbergia 
  depressa 
  

  

  ■ 
  • 
  5 
  

  

  Drakensberg 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  these 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  Kew, 
  with 
  a 
  

   request 
  that 
  the 
  Director 
  will 
  be 
  kind 
  enough 
  to 
  allow 
  them 
  to 
  

   be 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  their 
  large 
  Herbarium, 
  as 
  

   we 
  wish 
  by 
  all 
  means 
  to 
  avoid 
  describing 
  as 
  new, 
  any 
  species 
  

   which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  already 
  named, 
  but 
  in 
  any 
  case 
  they 
  will 
  

   be 
  figured 
  in 
  either 
  the 
  first 
  or 
  second 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  

   artist 
  is 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Hay 
  garth, 
  and 
  the 
  public 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  

   judge 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  services 
  he 
  is 
  rendering 
  to 
  this 
  work, 
  

   but 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  engaged 
  in 
  business 
  all 
  

   day, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  drawings 
  have 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  his 
  

   very 
  limited 
  leisure. 
  It 
  is 
  intended 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  material 
  at 
  

   our 
  command 
  will 
  allow, 
  and 
  time 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  

   to 
  publish 
  the 
  grasses 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  part,, 
  and 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  

   the 
  details 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  already 
  sketched 
  by 
  Miss 
  

   Lauth 
  will 
  be 
  available. 
  A 
  large 
  parcel 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

   very 
  difficult 
  order 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  Professor 
  Dr. 
  Hans 
  

   Schinz, 
  of 
  Zurich, 
  who 
  has 
  kindly 
  promised 
  to 
  forward 
  the 
  

   doubtful 
  ones 
  to 
  Professor 
  Hackel, 
  a 
  recognised 
  authority 
  on 
  

   the 
  Graminese, 
  for 
  examination 
  and 
  revision, 
  and 
  when 
  his 
  

   report 
  is 
  received 
  we 
  shall 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  part, 
  

   provided 
  that 
  time 
  can 
  be 
  spared 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  and 
  for 
  pre- 
  

   paring 
  the 
  lithographic 
  plates. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  however 
  intend 
  to 
  

   attempt 
  to 
  name 
  any 
  new 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  order, 
  but 
  shall 
  leave 
  

   that 
  to 
  Professor 
  Hackel 
  or 
  whoever 
  may 
  undertake 
  in 
  future 
  

   their 
  examination. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  for 
  identification, 
  chiefly 
  in 
  small 
  lots 
  of 
  one 
  to 
  a 
  dozen 
  or 
  

   so, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  about 
  150 
  examples 
  were 
  

   received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Dimock-Brown, 
  gathered 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

  

  