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For the limits of the regions under which the localities in 
which the species have been fou nd = occur are cited, reference 
may be made to the preface to Volum 
I have again to acknowledge the poen I ew received 
from Mr. C. H. Wright, A.L.8., and Mr. N. E. Bro ALS, 
Assistants in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden the 
former in reading the proofs, and the latter in yG out the 
geographical distribution. 
Besides the maps already : in the preface to Volume VI., 
the following have also been used 
Natal. By Alexander Mair, 1875. 
Kaffraria und die östlichen reo Distrikte die Cap-Kolonie. 
By H. C. Schunke in Dr. A. Petermann’s Mitteilungen, 1885, t. 9 
Spezial-Karte von Afrika. Qd: Justus Perthes, 
To the South African correspondents enumerated in the preface 
to Volume VL, I have again to tender my acknowledgments for 
the contribution of specim 
I must further record my obligations to others, and especially 
to those whose aid in various ways has been of the greatest value 
in the preparation of the volume :— 
ilhelm Brehmer, of Lübeck, has lent E study set of 
Drége's Restiacee and Graminec, without which it wovld have 
been impossible to arrive at a correct knowledge of some of the 
species. 
Dr. A. Fischer von Waldheim, Director of the Imperial Botanic 
Gardens, St. Petersburg, has lent the specimens of Danthonia and 
Pentaschistis collected by Ecklon and br 
Dr. Theodor Magnus Fries, Professor of Botany in the Uni- 
versity of Upsala, has lent Thunberg's sein of grasses, which 
have afforded valuable help in wer correct identification of & some 
of the species of the earlier auth 
Leo Hartley Grindon, Esq., or i éotributed a small collection 
from the Orange Free State. 
Professor Eduard Hackel, of St. Pólten, Austria, has kindly 
lent some type-specimens of grasses. 
Major Wolley Dod, R.A., Sai contributed a very large collection 
of plants made by himself in the Cape Peninsula, which is 
My rich in new species. 
y remains again to add that er expense of preparation 
and ron of the present volume has been aided by grants 
from the Governments of Cape ee and Natal. 
W T T I 
Kew, March, 1900. 
List sd published names of plants introduced to cultiva 
1876-1896.— This has been issued as Additional Series, Vol. IV. 
of t ine 2 Bulletin. The m. preface by the Di rector 
explains the history and object of the work :— 
The activity of private Misc and nurserymen is con- 
. tinually enriching our gardens with plants which are either 
t aight of cultivation or have ben reintroduce ing lost 
