THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
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A MAGAZINE CONTAINING HAND-COLOURED FIGURES WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO SOUTH AFRICA. EDITED BY I. B. POLE EVANS, C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., Chief, Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria; and Director of the Botanical Survey of the Union of South Africa. VOL. V.
The veld which lies so desolate and bare Will blossom into cities white and fair, And pinnacles will pierce the desert air, And sparkle in the sun. R. C. Macfie’s “Ex Unitate Vires.”
LONDON: L. REEVE & CO., Ltd., HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON SOUTH AFRICA: THE SPECIALTY PRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA, Ltd., P.O. BOX 3958, JOHANNESBURG; P.O. BOX 388, CAPETOWN. 1925. [All rights reserved.]
THIS VOLUME IS CORDIALLY DEDICATED TO THOMAS PEARSON STOKOE OF CAPE TOWN
WHOSE INDEFATIGABLE EXERTIONS IN EXPLORING THE FLORA OF THE CAPE MOUNTAINS HAVE RENDERED VALUABLE SERVICE TO SOUTH AFRICAN BOTANY BY THE DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANTS AND THE RE-DISCOVERY OF MANY THAT WERE LONG LOST, AND TO WHOSE ZEAL, ENTHUSIASM, AND GENEROSITY AS A COLLECTOR THIS WORK IS GREATLY INDEBTED.
Division of Botany, Pretoria. October, 1925.
