barren tracts of country, having proved through its deeply 

 penetrating roots to resist occasional droughts better than 

 rye grass." 



Identification of a specimen of a plant which was thought 

 by the sender to be useful as a fibre yielding plant ; it proved 

 to be Triumfetta pilosa, (Roth) its fibre is of the Jute class and 

 is scarcely worth attention in Natal. 



Identification of a specimen from the upper districts ; the 

 sender said that the plant had made its appearance in a field 

 of English grasses and that it had " spread to such an extent 

 as to be destroying the grasses in the field and in the veldfc as 

 well;" it proved to be Achillea millefolium, (Linn) the "Yarrow" 

 or "Milfoil." 



Identification of an indigenous plant whose stems con- 

 tained a fibre; it proved to be Abutilon indicum, (G. Don), the 

 fibre is of the Jute class and would only be worth about £15 

 to £20 per ton. 



Identification of male flowers of Moschosma riparia, 

 (Hochst), information was supplied as to its supposed medicinal 

 properties, and also as to its monoecious character. 



Identification of flowering spike and leaf of Erythrina 

 suberosa, (Roxb), with information as to its synonomy. 



Identification of a plant which was supposed by the 

 sender to be an Orchid, but which proved to be a species of 

 Cuscuta, with advice as to the destruction of the plant when- 

 ever met with, and when possible before seeding. 



Examination of a plant from the midlands said to stand 

 frost well and to be acceptable to cattle ; it was thought to 

 have been introduced amongst seed of oats from Cape Colony ; 

 it proved to be Baphanus sativus, (Linn), the common "Raddish," 

 but it was an immense specimen. 



Examination of two plants which were supposed to be 

 poisonous to stock ; they were Monea spathacea, (Ker), and 

 4-noiganthus luteus, (Baker), the former is undoubtedly poisonous, 

 the later doubtful, but probably at least deleterious. 



Examination of two sticks of so-called " bamboo " from 

 Transvaal; one was almost certainly Arundinaria tessellata, 

 (Munro), the other a species of u Rattan" or cane belonging to 

 the Order Palmae, and certainly not indigenous. 



Identification of a fungus found on an old " Wattle " log ; 

 it was a rather rare species, Lentinus Zeyheri, (Berkh). 



Identification of a small specimen of a plant said by the 

 sender to be very poisonous to sheep; the plant was Ranunculus 

 pinnatus, (Poir), which is undoubtedly more or less poisonous. 



