46. Identification of a very imperfect specimen of a weed 

 which is said to be spreading with rapidity in the upper dis- 

 tricts. It proved to be a composite of the section Senecionideae, 

 but more complete specimens are required for complete deter- 

 mination. 



47. Identification of three species of Orchids from the 

 midlands. 



48. Examination of twenty-one species of indigenous plants, 

 and identification of seven of them. Most of the specimens 

 were incomplete, and flowers absent. The native names were 

 supplied by the sender. 



49. Examination of forty specimens of indigenous plants, 

 the specimens were very incomplete, but the greater number 

 of them were identified and their names supplied to the sender. 



50. Examination of a second and more complete specimen 

 of No. 46. It proved to be Senecio Burchellu (DC), a plant 

 which has been reported to be poisonous to stock. It is a 

 native of the midlands and upper districts. 



51. Identification of a plant found growing in cultivated 

 land in the midlands. It proved to be Malvastrum coromande- 

 lianum, a native of S. America. 



52. Identification of a specimen of Indigofera arrecta, 

 (Bth). This is the species which is extensively grown in Java 

 and India for the extraction of the pigment, and is considered 

 to be one of the best, if not the very best species for the pur- 

 pose. It is plentiful in coast and midland districts of Natal, 

 and is known as " Umpekambedu." 



53. Examination of twenty-eight specimens of plants from 

 Transvaal, and indentification of twenty- five of them. Several 

 of them were not in our collection. 



54. Identification of two specimens of indigenous plants 

 from the midlands, which were probably, but erroneously 

 thought to be fibre yielding plants. 



55. Examination of leaves of a tree from midlands, most 

 likely those of Galodendron capense (Thb. >, but flowers are 

 required to be quite certain. 



56. Identification of a specimon of Gryptostemma calendu- 

 laceum (R Br.) This plant is abundant in some parts of Cape 

 Colony, but introduced into Natal, and apparently rare, since 

 we have only met with it once. The sender says : " It stands 

 frost well, in fact only flowers during the autumn and winter 

 months. Stock eat it all right. 



57. Identification of a grass Bromus unioloides (H.B.K.), 

 with information as to its distribution and native country. 



