180 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 172 



299455 to 300194— Continued 



299487. Asparagus sp. 



Col. No. 666. Rocky clay pasture 5 miles east of Uitenhage, Cape Prov- 

 ince. Plants semiviny to 24 inches high; stems triacanthate at nodes; ma- 

 ture fruits black. Seeds. 



299488 and 299489. Atriplex semibaccata R. Br. Chenopodiaceae. 



Australian saltbush. 



299488. Col. No. 596. Mountain pasture, 26 miles southwest of Cradock, 

 Cape Province. Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 17 inches. Pal- 

 atable, prostrate, woody perennial; crown spreads to 4 feet; prolific 

 seeder; yellow seeds. Seeds. 



299489. Col. No. 597. Mountain pasture, 26 miles southwest of Cradock, 

 Cape Province. Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 17 inches. 

 Prostrate woody perennial; crown spreads to 4 feet; seeds red. Seeds. 



299490 and 299491. BOTHRIOCHLOA INSCULPTA (Hochst.) A. Camus Gra- 

 in ineae. 



299190. Col. No. 334. Local name: Pinhole grass. Clay-loam pasture, 

 Roman River plain, 17 miles south of Komatipoort, Transvaal, High- 

 way N-4. Elevation 1,050. Unpalatable semi-erect perennial. Seeds. 



299491. Col. No. Jl.">. Sandy clay wasteland, Mooi River Valley, 8 miles 

 north of Bfuden, Natal. Elevation 2,800 feet. Annual rainfall 20 

 inches. Aggressive stoloniferous perennial, rooting at nodes; stems 

 coarse; leaf height 6 inches. Stolons. 



299492 to 299495. BRACHIARIA BRIZANTHA (Hochst.) Stapf Gramineae. 



Palisade signalgrass. 



299492. Col. No. 234. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria. Plot 128. 

 From Uganda. Robust perennial bunchgrass; heads to 24 inches high. 

 I ►rought tolerant. Seeds. 



299493. Col. No. 2:55. Rietondale Research Station. Plot 126. Leafy, 

 robust, perennial bunchgrass; leaves broad; heads to 36 inches high. 

 Drought tolerant. Seeds. 



299491. Col. No. 2:57. Rietondale Research Station. Plot 122. From 

 Rustenburg. Perennial bunchgrass; heads to 36 inches high; seed pro- 

 lific. Seeds. 



299495. Col. No. 257. Local name: Breadgiass. Sandy clay soil, open 

 grassland, Nye River plain, 13 miles north of Nylstroom, Highway N-l. 

 Elevation 4,500 feet. Leafy perennial bunchgrass; heads to 48 inches 

 high. Seeds. 



299496. BRACHIARIA DEFLEXA (Schum.) C. E. Hubbard ex Robyas 



Col. No. 281. Local name: False panicum. Clay loam wasteland, Dui- 

 welskloof, Transvaal. Elevation 2,750 feet. Erect annual bunchgrass; 

 leaves to 18 inches high. Seeds. 



299497. BRACHIARIA sp. 



Col. No. 236. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria. Plot 124. From 

 Zululand. Plant stoloniferous; leaves to 3 inches high. Stolons. 



299498. BRACHIARIA sp. 



Col. No. 238. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria. Plot 119. From 

 Swaziland. Plant stoloniferous; leaves broad, to 3 inches high; seed heads 

 small. Stolons. 



299499. BRACHIARIA sp. 



Col. No. 378. Local name: Tannergrass. Estcourt Research Farm, Est- 

 court, Natal. Elevation 3,800 feet. Annual rainfall 29 inches; not frost- 

 free. Stoloniferous sodgrass; leaves broad, to 12 inches high; used on pond 

 banks; stems float. Stolons. 



