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299448 to 299451— Continued 



299448. Col. No. V64-265. Among ponderosa pine 7 miles west of Jacob 

 Lake, Ariz. Plants low growing; flowers dark blue. 



299449. Col. No. V64-282. Pine forest 2 miles west of junction of State 

 Highway 14 and U.S. Highway 89, Utah. Plants low growing; flowers 

 dark blue. 



299450. Col. No. V64-284. Pine forest 2 miles west of junction of State 

 Highway 14 and U.S. Highway 89, Utah. Flowers pale blue. 



299451. Col. No. V64-312. Open forest, summit of McClure Pass, west of 

 Redstone, 53 miles west of Leadville, Colorado. 



299452. Malus sylvestris Mill. Rosaceae. Common apple. 



From Denmark. Budsticks presented by the Stations Plantepathologeske 

 Forsog, Lyngby. Received Aug. 7, 1964. 



'Guldborg'. 



299453. Rhododendron wardii W. W. Smith Ericaceae. 



From Great Britain. Cuttings presented by the Royal Botanic Garden, Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland. Received Aug. 7, 1964. 



299454. Prunus armeniaca L. Rosaceae. Apricot. 



From Czechoslovakia. Sicons presented by Ing. Jiri Kalasek, Svetla. Re- 

 ceived Aug. 10, 1964. 



299455 to 300194. 



From the Republic of South Africa. Plant and seed material collected by 

 A. J. Oakes, Jr., agricultural explorer, Crops Research Division, Plant 

 Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Collected February to April, 1964. 

 Numbered Aug. 31, 1964. 



299455 and 299456. Acacia cyclops A. Cunn ex Don Leguminosae. 



Cyclops acacia. 



299455. Col. No. 675. Local name: Port Jackson willow. Port Eliza- 

 beth, Cape Province dunes. Shrub or small tree; leaves whorled, nar- 

 row, to 3 inches long, Vs inch wide; seed pods in clusters in leaf axils; 

 curled when immature and mature, 4 to 7 seeded, septate, flat, to 3 

 inches long, V2 inch wide; seeds small, flat, black, surrounded by orange 

 aril. Used for dune stabilization, but is potential weed. Seeds. 



299456. Col. No. 692. Dunes near south mouth of Kaffiirkuils River, 

 Stilbaai, Cape Province. Shrub or tree to 20 feet high. A potential 

 weed. Seeds. 



299457 to 299459. Agropyron distichum (Thunb.) Beauv. Gramineae. 



299457. Col. No. 664. Local name: Sea wheat. Dunes near mouth of 

 Sundays River, 30 miles east of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Eleva- 

 tion 17 feet. Rhizomatous perennial used for dune stabilization. Seeds. 



299458. Col. No. 665. Steep dunes near mouth of Sundays River, Cape 

 Province. Seeds. 



299459. Col. No. 693. Local name: Sea wheat. Forest Station, Stilbaai, 

 Cape Province. Seeds sown at low tide are disbursed by the incoming 

 tide. Seeds. 



299460. Agrostis eriantha Hack. Gramineae. 



Col. No. 304. Light shade, open grassland, rocky soil, Mount Anderson, 

 10 miles east of Lydenburg, Transvaal. Elevation 7,000 feet. Rhizomatous 

 perennial; basal leaves few; inflorescence diffuse; heads to 18 inches high. 

 Seeds. 



