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in which they are particularly interested. Finally, from Mrs. A. Tabateau, 
Mrs. Burtt-Davy, and Miss E. Tennant we have received much help in the 
tedious work of extracting records and verifying references, and to the latter 
we are indebted for the patience and pains taken in typing out the lists and 
compiling the index. 
While it is recognized that there is some objection to publishing new com- 
binations in a check list, there are a number of plants which have been waiting 
some time for names under the genus to which they are now assigned in Die 
Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. In dealing with these there were three alterna- 
tives open : (1) to leave them under the old generic name, which would 
involve the recognition of an unnecessary number of genera ; (2) to write them 
down as, for example, “ Berkheya sp. (= Stobcea onopordifolia DC.) ”, which 
is cumbersome and occupies too much space, while leaving the plant without 
a proper name by which to handle it ; (3) to rename them under the genus 
to whiclj they are assigned. Of these the third seemed to be the least 
objectionable, and has been followed. In doing so I have tried to attribute 
the new combination to the author who has proposed the transfer, except 
where such change involved the adoption of an entirely new specific name. 
Dr. Stapf has most kindly given permission to complete his proposed transfer 
of certain of our species of Andropogon to Cymbopogon, which he restored 
to generic rank when working up the oil-grasses of India. 
As far as we are aware the following new combinations appear here for 
the first time : — 
Adenia digitata ( Harv .) Harms. = Modecca digitata Harv. 
Adenia gummifera {Harv.) Harms. = Modecca gumviifera Harv. 
Adenia hastata {Harv.) Harms. = Modecca hastata Harv. 
Anemone canescens {Szysz.) Prantl. = Knowltonia canescens Szysz. 
Anemone transvaalensis {Szysz.) Prantl. = Knowltonia transvaalensis Szysz. 
Anemone Knowltonia Burtt-Davy = Knowltonia gracilis DC., not Anemone 
gracilis Fr. Schmidt. 
Barbacenia humilis {Baker) Pax. = Vellozia humilis Baker. 
Barbacenia retinervis {Baker) Pax. = Vellozia retinervis Baker. 
Barbacenia rosea {Baker) Pax. = Vellozia rosea Baker. 
Barbacenia Schlechteri {Baker) Pax. = Vellozia Schlechteri Baker. 
Barbacenia villosa {Baker) Pax. = Vellozia villosa Baker. 
Barbacenia violacea {Baker) Pax. — Vellozia violacea Baker. 
Barbacenia viscosa {Baker) Pax. = Vellozia viscosa Baker. 
Berkheya echinacea {Harv.) 0. Hoffm. = Stobcea echinacea Harv. 
Berkheya onopordifolia {DC.) 0. Hoffm. = Stobcea onopordifolia DC. 
Berkheya Radula {Harv.) 0. Hoffm. = Stobcea Radula Harv. 
Berkheya speciosa {DC.) 0. Hoffm. = Stobcea speciosa DC. 
Bonamia capensis {Baker) Peter — Breweria capensis Baker. 
Bonamia capensis var. oligotricha {Baker) Peter = Breweria capensis var. oligo- 
tricha Baker. 
Bonamia suffruticosa {Schinz) Peter — Breweria suffruticosa Schinz. 
Bonamia suffruticosa var. hirsutissima {Hall. /.) Peter — Breweria suffruticosa 
var. hirsutissima Hall. /. 
Choritsenia capensis {Sond. 6s Harv.) Benth. 6s Hook. == Pappea capensis Sond. 
& Harv. (1862), not of Ecklon & Zeyher. 
Cissus nirrhosa Willd. var. transvaalensis {Szysz.) Gilg. = Vitis cirrhosa var. 
transvaalensis Szysz. 
Cissus humilis {N. E. Br.) Gilg. — Vitis humilis N. E. Br. 
Cissus succulenta {Galpin) Gilg. = Vitis succulenta Galpin. 
Coccinia natalensis {Oliv.) Cogn. = Cephalandra natalensis Oliv. 
Cymbopogon hirtus {Linn.) Stapf. = Andropogon hirtus Linn. 
Cymbopogon marginatus {Steud.) Stapf. = Andropogon Nardus Linn. var. mar- 
ginatum Steud. 
Cymbopogon validus Stapf. = Andropogon Nardus Linn. var. validus Stapf. 
Cymbopogon pleiarthron Stapf. = Andropogon pleiarthron Stapf. 
Cymbopogon plurinodis Stapf. = Andropogon plurinodis Stapf. 
^Cymbopogon excavatus {Hochst.) Stapf. — Andropogon Schcenanthus Linn. var. 
versicolor Steud. 
