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CONTENTS. 



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Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 7 



Index of common and scientific names__^ 81 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. An African persimmon tree, the inkulu, in full bearing. (Dio- 



spyros senegalensis Perr., S. P. I. No. 48454) 10 



II. A dense thicket of spekboom, in the addo bush, Cape Province. 



{Portulacaria afra Jacq., S. P. I. No. 48510) 10 



III. A natural hedge of the karoo thorn in South Africa. (Acacia 



horrida (L.)Willd., S. P. I. No. 48518) 20 



IV. A new ornamental for the dry southwest. (Burkea africana 



Hook., S. P. I. No. 48804) 20 



Y. Kikuyu grass, one of the most valuable forage grasses of Africa. 



(Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst., S. P. I. No. 48818) 52 



VI. The Morula, a valuable nut tree from northern Transvaal. 



iSclerocarya caffra Sond., S. P. I. No. 48823) 52 



