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299455 to 300194— Continued 



299461. Agrostis LACHNANTHA Nees. 



Col. No. 301. Local name: South African bentgrass. Hard soil, open 

 rocky pasture, Mount Anderson, 7 miles east of Lydenburg, Transvaal. 

 Elevation 6.700 feet. Perennial bunchgrass forming small clumps; leaf 

 height 12 inches, head height 24 inches. Seeds. 



299462. Andropogon appendiculatus Nees Gramineae. 



Col. No. 542. Heavy soil, Glen, Orange Free State. Elevation 4,200 

 feet. Annual rainfall 20 inches. Slightly stoloniferous leafy perennial. 

 Good grazing grass. Seeds. 



299463 and 299464. Anthephora pubescens Nees Gramineae. 



299463. Col. No. 541. Glen Agricultural College, Glen, Orange Free 

 State. Tufted perennial. Seeds. 



299464. Col. No. 549. Level terrain 10 miles northwest of Bloemfontein, 

 Orange Free State. Highway N-8. Elevation 4,200 feet. Annual 

 rainfall 19 inches. Palatable perennial bunchgrass; leaf height 12 

 inches. Adapted to sandy soils in 10- to 20-inch rainfall belt. Seeds. 



299465 and 299466. SCHMIDTIA BULBOSA Stapf . Gramineae. 



299465. Col. No. 339. Local name: Kalahari sandquick Vaalgrass. 

 Sandy soil in scrub timber, level terrain, Naphe Road, Kruger National 

 Park. Elevation 1,050 feet. Annual rainfall 20 inches. Perennial 

 bunchgrass; leaves few, to 15 inches high; seeds abundant. Drought 

 tolerant. Seeds. 



299466. Col. No. 555. Local name: Kalahari sandquick. Vaalgrass. 

 Shallow rocky soil, quartz rock, level rangeland, 10 miles west of Kim- 

 berley, Cape Province, Highway S-5. Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual 

 rainfall 15 inches. Perennial bunchgrass to 4 inches high. Seeds. 



299467 to 299471. Arachis HYPOGAEA L. Leguminosae. 



299467. Col. No. 361. Cultivated field, 5 miles east of Sabie, Transvaal. 

 Plants with large 'Virginia Runner' type leaves; nuts in small cluster 

 near top of soil, Spanish type. All nuts remained on plant when pulled 

 from wet clay soil. Seeds. 



299468. Col. No. 471. Cultivated field, level sandy soil, 2 miles south of 

 Jozini Damon Pongola River, Natal. 'Virginia Runner' type but nuts 

 clustered near soil surface like Spanish type. Seeds from two plants 

 with white testa growing among plants with pink testa. All nuts re- 

 mained on the plant when pulled from the soil. Seeds. 



299469. Col. No. 478. Cultivated field, sandy soil, 2 miles south of Jozini 

 Dam on Pongola River, Natal. 'Virginia Runner' type with Spanish 

 fruiting habit. Pink testa plants growing among white testa plants. 

 Seeds. 



299470. Col. No. 538. 'Natal Common'. Glen Agricultural College, 

 Glen, Orange Free State. Elevation 4,200 feet. Annual rainfall 20 

 inches. Seeds. 



299471. Col. No. 539. 'Mambeleo'. Glen Agricultural College. P 4934 

 breeding line. Elevation 4,200 feet. Annual rainfall 20 inches. Seeds. 



299472. Arachis sp. 



Col. No. 241. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria. No. B 61-165. 

 Rhizomatous perennial. Rhizomes. 



299473. Arachis sp. 



Col. No. 242. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria. No. B 61-164. 

 Aggressive rhizomatous perennial. Rhizomes. 



299474. Arachis sp. 



Col. No. 243. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria. No. B 61-163. 

 Rhizomatous perennial. Rhizomes. 





