ON THE FLORA OF KENTANI 
By A. PEGLER, A.L.S. 
Preface 
The Kentani Division is situated in that portion of the South-East Coast 
Region known as the Transkei or Native Territories, lying between the Great 
Kei river and the Natal border. 
Kentani village being taken as centre, most of the material of this List 
was collected within a radius of about five miles, including Silverstream 
(where the writer resides). 
An occasional visit to the coast, usually Black Rock Cove, a sea-camp 
about six miles east of the Kei river, a drive through the Qora valley, dying 
visits to Manubi, Cebe, Nyutura, Qolora Station, leave by far the greater 
part of Kentani quite unexplored. Therefore it is obvious that the 
accompanying List must necessarily be very incomplete. 
And even in this small village area one occasionally comes across shrubs 
whose foliage is familiar enough, but which seem never to bloom nor to 
increase in size. There are others again, fairly common yet occurring beyond 
my walking range, whose flowering period I have not happened to strike, as 
Buxus MacOwanii, Pteroxylon utile , Podocarpus elongata and P. Thunbergii. 
For the naming of my collection I am indebted chiefly to the late 
Dr Bolus and his assistants, and also to the late Prof. MacOwan, Dr Schonland, 
Mr I. B. Pole Evans, Mr H. G. Flanagan and Dr E. P. Phillips. 
After the name of each species in the list I have given the station, 
followed by the habitat, my herbarium number, relative frequency and 
flowering period. 
1. Introduction 
The District of Kentani 1 has for the most part well-defined natural 
boundaries, namely Qora river, Indian Ocean, Kei river, Gcuwa river, towards 
which it slopes on three sides. 
But on the north and north-west crown land and private farms form but 
an artificial boundary. Formerly some of these farms were part of Kentani, 
but for convenience of court administration they were subsequently attached 
to Butterworth. 
1 I am indebted to Mr D. Barry and Mr E. Godfrey for furnishing statistical information 
regarding Kentani. 
A. B. H. II. 
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