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the Royal Gardens, Kew ; and J. G. Baker, Esq., F.R,S., 
F.L.S., at that time Keeper of the Herbarium there, for the 
specimens already mentioned, and for notes on other South 
African Ferns as represented in the Kew Herbarium ; to the 
late Prof. MacOwan, B.A., F.L.S., Hon. D.Sc., at that time 
Botanist to the Agricultural Department, and Curator of the 
Government Herbarium, Cape Town ; and Dr Schonland, 
F.L.S., Curator of Albany Museum, Grahamstown, for kind 
assistance while examining the herbaria in their charge ; to the 
late H. Bolus, Esq., F.L.S., Hon. D.Sc., for the use of his 
splendid Herbarium and Library ; to J. M. Wood, Esq., A.L.S., 
Hon. D.Sc., at that time Curator of Durban Botanic Garden, 
and of Natal Government Herbarium, for a fine set of specimens 
of Natal ferns; to H. G. Flanagan, Esq., of Komgha, for a 
similar set of the ferns of his district ; and to all the other 
ladies and gentlemen who assisted with specimens ; also to 
the late Mr John Roy, LL.D., and the late Mr John Bulloch, 
both of Aberdeen, Scotland, for most kindly seeing that 
edition through the press in my absence, as they previously 
did my Handbook of Kajfrarian Ferns. 
In respect to the present edition, my thanks are again 
due to the many collectors who have contributed specimens 
to the various herbaria or sent them to myself, and thereby 
assisted in rendering available the further information which 
is now incorporated into this work, most of whom are men- 
tioned in the locality lists ; also to Prof. Petrie who undertook 
the translations, and to all who have helped in other ways. 
But especially am I indebted to Dr H. H. W. Pearson, 
Professor of Botany, Cape Town, who has been the moving 
spirit in making arrangements whereby the publication of 
this edition could be undertaken ; to the Witwatersrand 
Council of Education, which contributes ,£100 toward the 
